roles/mariadb/defaults/main.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 # default is 128MB but is a waste because it seems only the mysql table uses it
-key_buffer_size: 8M
+key_buffer_size: 32M
 
 # default is 128MB but is a waste because it seems only information_schema uses
 # AriaDB, see: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/aria-system-variables
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ aria_pagecache_buffer_size: 8M
 # default is 128M, but set to at least the size of your InnoDB data
 innodb_buffer_pool_size: 256M
 
+# Unless you have a pool size over 1GB, use a single instance
+# See: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/xtradbinnodb-server-system-variables
+innodb_buffer_pool_instances: 1
+
 # Ansible 2.7.x with PyMySQL seems to default to TCP connection so we should
 # force it to use a Unix socket.
 # See: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/47736
@@ -23,12 +27,4 @@ mariadb_login_unix_socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 # default is 100 but the max I've seen used is 5, so let's reduce it
 max_connections: 33
 
-# disable the query cache by default
-query_cache_size: 0
-query_cache_type: 0
-
-# mysqltuner says we should use larger than 32M on our setup
-tmp_table_size: 64M
-max_heap_table_size: 64M
-
 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2:

roles/mariadb/handlers/main.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-- name: restart mariadb
-  systemd: name=mariadb state=restarted
+- name: restart mysql
+  systemd: name=mysql state=restarted
 
 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2:

roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ---
 - name: Add GPG key for MariaDB repo
-  apt_key: id=0x177F4010FE56CA3336300305F1656F24C74CD1D8 url=https://mariadb.org/mariadb_release_signing_key.asc
+  apt_key: id=0x177F4010FE56CA3336300305F1656F24C74CD1D8 url=https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x177F4010FE56CA3336300305F1656F24C74CD1D8
   register: add_mariadb_apt_key
   tags: mariadb, packages
 
-- name: Add MariaDB 10.5 repo
+- name: Add MariaDB 10.4 repo
   template: src=mariadb.list.j2 dest=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mariadb.list owner=root group=root mode=0644
   register: add_mariadb_apt_repository
   tags: mariadb, packages
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 - name: Create system my.cnf
   template: src=my.cnf.j2 dest=/etc/mysql/my.cnf owner=root group=root mode=0644
   notify:
-    - restart mariadb
+    - restart mysql
   tags: mariadb
 
 # 'localhost' needs to be the last item for idempotency, see
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   tags: mariadb
 
 - name: Create MariaDB user(s)
-  mysql_user: name={{ item.user }} password={{ item.pass }} priv={{ item.name }}.*:ALL host=127.0.0.1 state=present
+  mysql_user: name={{ item.user }} password={{ item.pass }} priv={{ item.name }}.*:ALL state=present
   loop: "{{ mariadb_databases }}"
   when: mariadb_databases is defined
   tags: mariadb

roles/mariadb/templates/mariadb.list.j2

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {{ ansible_managed | comment }}
 
-deb [arch=amd64] http://mirror.23media.de/mariadb/repo/10.5/{{ ansible_distribution | lower }} {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main
+deb [arch=amd64] http://mirror.23media.de/mariadb/repo/10.4/{{ ansible_distribution | lower }} {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main

roles/mariadb/templates/my.cnf.j2

@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ skip-external-locking
 # Instead of skip-networking the default is now to listen only on
 # localhost which is more compatible and is not less secure.
 bind-address		= 127.0.0.1
-
-# don't resolve connection IPs to hostnames (make sure user accounts are using
-# IPs instead of "localhost")
-skip-name-resolve=1
 #
 # * Fine Tuning
 #
@@ -61,8 +57,8 @@ max_allowed_packet	= 16M
 thread_cache_size       = 128
 sort_buffer_size	= 4M
 bulk_insert_buffer_size	= 16M
-tmp_table_size		= {{ tmp_table_size }}
-max_heap_table_size	= {{ max_heap_table_size }}
+tmp_table_size		= 32M
+max_heap_table_size	= 32M
 #
 # * MyISAM
 #
@@ -79,9 +75,11 @@ read_rnd_buffer_size	= 1M
 #
 # * Query Cache Configuration
 #
+# Cache only tiny result sets, so we can fit more in the query cache.
 query_cache_limit		= 128K
-query_cache_size		= {{ query_cache_size }}
-query_cache_type		= {{ query_cache_type }}
+query_cache_size		= 64M
+# for more write intensive setups, set to DEMAND or OFF
+#query_cache_type		= DEMAND
 #
 # * Logging and Replication
 #
@@ -143,6 +141,7 @@ innodb_file_per_table	= 1
 innodb_open_files	= 400
 innodb_io_capacity	= 400
 innodb_flush_method	= O_DIRECT
+innodb_buffer_pool_instances = {{ innodb_buffer_pool_instances }}
 
 aria_pagecache_buffer_size = {{ aria_pagecache_buffer_size }}
 #