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community.proxysql.proxysql_global_variables – Gets or sets the proxysql global variables
Note
This plugin is part of the community.proxysql collection (version 1.3.0).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.proxysql.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.proxysql.proxysql_global_variables.
Synopsis
- The community.proxysql.proxysql_global_variables module gets or sets the proxysql global variables.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- PyMySQL
 - mysqlclient
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| config_file
        
        path
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        Specify a config file from which login_user and login_password are to be read.
         | 
     
| load_to_runtime
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Dynamically load config to runtime memory.
         | 
     
| login_host
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "127.0.0.1"
         | 
      
        
        The host used to connect to ProxySQL admin interface.
         | 
     
| login_password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The password used to authenticate to ProxySQL admin interface.
         | 
     |
| login_port
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        6032
         | 
      
        
        The port used to connect to ProxySQL admin interface.
         | 
     
| login_unix_socket
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The socket used to connect to ProxySQL admin interface.
         | 
     |
| login_user
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The username used to authenticate to ProxySQL admin interface.
         | 
     |
| save_to_disk
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Save config to sqlite db on disk to persist the configuration.
         | 
     
| value
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Defines a value the variable specified using variable should be set to.
         | 
     |
| variable
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Defines which variable should be returned, or if value is specified which variable should be updated.
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- Supports 
check_mode. 
Examples
---
# This example sets the value of a variable, saves the mysql admin variables
# config to disk, and dynamically loads the mysql admin variables config to
# runtime. It uses supplied credentials to connect to the proxysql admin
# interface.
- name: Set the value of a variable
  community.proxysql.proxysql_global_variables:
    login_user: 'admin'
    login_password: 'admin'
    variable: 'mysql-max_connections'
    value: 4096
# This example gets the value of a variable.  It uses credentials in a
# supplied config file to connect to the proxysql admin interface.
- name: Get the value of a variable
  community.proxysql.proxysql_global_variables:
    config_file: '~/proxysql.cnf'
    variable: 'mysql-default_query_delay'
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| stdout
        
        dictionary
         | 
      Returns the current variable and value, or the newly set value for the variable supplied.. | 
        
        Returns the mysql variable supplied with it's associated value.
         Sample:
        
       
        {'changed': False, 'msg': 'The variable is already been set to the supplied value', 'var': {'variable_name': 'mysql-poll_timeout', 'variable_value': '3000'}}
         | 
     
Authors
- Ben Mildren (@bmildren)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/proxysql/proxysql_global_variables_module.html