Mysql Timeouts

Posted 9 years ago - updated 9 years ago mysql

Reload config file

$ /etc/init.d/mysql reload
$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql force-reload

Check the timeouts

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'wait_timeout';

+---------------+-------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+---------------+-------+
| wait_timeout  | 28800 |
+---------------+-------+

28800 is seconds, which is 8 hours

mysql> SELECT @@global.wait_timeout, @@session.wait_timeout;

To update:

SET GLOBAL wait_timeout=300

or

set @@global.wait_timeout = 400;

or

mysql -uroot  -e"SET GLOBAL wait_timeout=5; SET GLOBAL interactive_timeout=5"

Normal settings

mysql -uroot  -e"SET GLOBAL wait_timeout=9000; SET GLOBAL interactive_timeout=5000"