MYSQL_SECURE_INSTALLATION

* You can set a password for root accounts.

* You can remove root accounts that are accessible from outside the local host.

* You can remove anonymous-user accounts.

* You can remove the test database (which by default can be accessed by all users, even anonymous users), and privileges that permit anyone to access databases with names that start with test_.

mysql_secure_installation helps you implement security recommendations similar to those described at Section 2.9.4, lqSecuring the Initial MySQL Accountrq.

Normal usage is to connect to the local MySQL server; invoke mysql_secure_installation without arguments:

mysql_secure_installation

When executed, mysql_secure_installation prompts you to determine which actions to perform.

The validate_password component can be used for password strength checking. If the plugin is not installed, mysql_secure_installation prompts the user whether to install it. Any passwords entered later are checked using the plugin if it is enabled.

Most of the usual MySQL client options such as --host and --port can be used on the command line and in option files. For example, to connect to the local server over IPv6 using port 3307, use this command:

mysql_secure_installation --host=::1 --port=3307

mysql_secure_installation supports the following options, which can be specified on the command line or in the [mysql_secure_installation] and [client] groups of an option file. For information about option files used by MySQL programs, see Section 6.2.2.2, lqUsing Option Filesrq.

* --help, -?

Comman-Line Format

-help

Display a help message and exit.

* --defaults-extra-file=file_name

Comman-Line Format	-default-extr-file=file_name
Type	File name

Read this option file after the global option file but (on Unix) before the user option file. If the file does not exist or is otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs. If file_name is not an absolute path name, it is interpreted relative to the current directory.

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 6.2.2.3, lqComman-Line Options that Affect Optio-File Handlingrq.

* --defaults-file=file_name

Comman-Line Format	-default-file=file_name
Type	File name

Use only the given option file. If the file does not exist or is otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs. If file_name is not an absolute path name, it is interpreted relative to the current directory.

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 6.2.2.3, lqComman-Line Options that Affect Optio-File Handlingrq.

* --defaults-group-suffix=str

Comman-Line Format	-default-grou-suffix=str
Type	String

Read not only the usual option groups, but also groups with the usual names and a suffix of str. For example, mysql_secure_installation normally reads the [client] and [mysql_secure_installation] groups. If this option is given as --defaults-group-suffix=_other, mysql_secure_installation also reads the [client_other] and [mysql_secure_installation_other] groups.

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 6.2.2.3, lqComman-Line Options that Affect Optio-File Handlingrq.

* --host=host_name, -h host_name

Comman-Line Format

-host

Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

* --no-defaults

Comman-Line Format

-n-defaults

Do not read any option files. If program startup fails due to reading unknown options from an option file, --no-defaults can be used to prevent them from being read.

The exception is that the .mylogin.cnf file is read in all cases, if it exists. This permits passwords to be specified in a safer way than on the command line even when --no-defaults is used. To create .mylogin.cnf, use the mysql_config_editor utility. See mysql_config_editor(1).

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 6.2.2.3, lqComman-Line Options that Affect Optio-File Handlingrq.

* --password=password, -p password

Comman-Line Format	-password=password
Type	String
Default Value	[none]

This option is accepted but ignored. Whether or not this option is used, mysql_secure_installation always prompts the user for a password.

* --port=port_num, -P port_num

Comman-Line Format	-port=port_num
Type	Numeric
Default Value	3306

For TCP/IP connections, the port number to use.

* --print-defaults

Comman-Line Format

-prin-defaults

Print the program name and all options that it gets from option files.

For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 6.2.2.3, lqComman-Line Options that Affect Optio-File Handlingrq.

* --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}

Comman-Line Format	-protocol=type
Type	String
Default Value	[see text]
Valid Values	TCP SOCKET PIPE MEMORY

The transport protocol to use for connecting to the server. It is useful when the other connection parameters normally result in use of a protocol other than the one you want. For details on the permissible values, see Section 6.2.7, lqConnection Transport Protocolsrq.

* --socket=path, -S path

Comman-Line Format	-socket={file_name|pipe_name}
Type	String

For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.

On Windows, this option applies only if the server was started with the named_pipe system variable enabled to support named-pipe connections. In addition, the connection must be a member of the Windows group specified by the named_pipe_full_access_group system variable.

* --ssl* Options that begin with --ssl specify whether to connect to the server using encryption and indicate where to find SSL keys and certificates. See the section called lqCommand Options for Encrypted Connectionsrq.

* --ssl-fips-mode={OFF|ON|STRICT}

Comman-Line Format	-ss-fip-mode={OFF|ON|STRICT}
Deprecated	8.0.34
Type	Enumeration
Default Value	OFF
Valid Values	OFF ON STRICT

Controls whether to enable FIPS mode on the client side. The --ssl-fips-mode option differs from other --ssl-xxx options in that it is not used to establish encrypted connections, but rather to affect which cryptographic operations to permit. See Section 8.8, lqFIPS Supportrq.

These --ssl-fips-mode values are permitted:

* OFF: Disable FIPS mode.

* ON: Enable FIPS mode.

* STRICT: Enable lqstrictrq FIPS mode.

Note
If the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module is not available, the only permitted value for --ssl-fips-mode is OFF. In this case, setting --ssl-fips-mode to ON or STRICT causes the client to produce a warning at startup and to operate in non-FIPS mode.

As of MySQL 8.0.34, this option is deprecated. Expect it to be removed in a future version of MySQL.

* --tls-ciphersuites=ciphersuite_list

Comman-Line Format	-tl-ciphersuites=ciphersuite_list
Introduced	8.0.16
Type	String

The permissible ciphersuites for encrypted connections that use TLSv1.3. The value is a list of one or more colon-separated ciphersuite names. The ciphersuites that can be named for this option depend on the SSL library used to compile MySQL. For details, see Section 8.3.2, lqEncrypted Connection TLS Protocols and Ciphersrq.

This option was added in MySQL 8.0.16.

* --tls-version=protocol_list

Comman-Line Format	-tl-version=protocol_list
Type	String
Default Value (≥ 8.0.16)	TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2,TLSv1.3 (OpenSSL 1.1.1 or higher) TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2 (otherwise)
Default Value (≤ 8.0.15)	TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2

The permissible TLS protocols for encrypted connections. The value is a list of one or more comma-separated protocol names. The protocols that can be named for this option depend on the SSL library used to compile MySQL. For details, see Section 8.3.2, lqEncrypted Connection TLS Protocols and Ciphersrq.

* --use-default

Comman-Line Format	-us-default
Type	Boolean

Execute noninteractively. This option can be used for unattended installation operations.

* --user=user_name, -u user_name

Comman-Line Format	-user=user_name
Type	String

The user name of the MySQL account to use for connecting to the server.

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