[Kea-users] Database & no socket option for config?

[Peter Davies]

Hi Listy,
    If you define your database with "host": "localhost", then Kea 
should connect
through the default MySQL unix socket:

The connection to MySQL databases are made with a call to the MySQL C 
client
library API function mysql_real_connect() in 
src/lib/mysql/mysql_connection.cc

According to the MySQL documentation:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/c-api/8.0/en/mysql-real-connect.html
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The value of host may be either a host name or an IP address. The client 
attempts to connect as follows:
If host is NULL or the string "localhost", a connection to the local 
host is assumed:
On Windows, the client connects using a shared-memory connection, if the 
server has shared-memory connections enabled.
On Unix, the client connects using a Unix socket file. The unix_socket 
argument or the MYSQL_UNIX_PORT environment variable may be used to 
specify the socket name.
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Kind Regards Peter

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Peter Davies
Support Engineer
Internet Systems Corporation