MySQL 8 Administrator???s Guide

Plugin installation

We must use the connection_control.so library with this plugin. To make it usable, put the library file under the plugin directory first, and then perform either of the steps:

1. Load the plugin on server startup by adding the --plugin-load-add parameter in the my.cnf file:

        [mysqld]        plugin-load-add= connection_control.so

2. Register the plugin at runtime by executing the following command:

        INSTALL PLUGIN CONNECTION_CONTROL SONAME           'connection_control.so';        INSTALL PLUGIN CONNECTION_CONTROL_FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS SONAME           'connection_control.so';