The MySQL Keyring The AWS region for the  keyring_aws  plugin. This variable is unavailable unless that plugin is installed. The path name of the data file used for secure data storage by the  keyring_encrypted_file  plugin. This variable is unavailable unless that plugin is installed. The file location should be in a directory considered for use only by keyring plugins. For example, do not locate the file under the data directory. Keyring operations are transactional: The  keyring_encrypted_file  plugin uses a backup file during write operations to ensure that it can roll back to the original file if an operation fails. The backup file has the same name as the value of the  keyring_encrypted_file_data  system variable with a suffix of .backup . Do not use the same  keyring_encrypted_file  data file for multiple MySQL instances. Each instance should have its own unique data file. The default file name is  keyring_encrypted , located in a directory that is platform specific and depends on the value of the  INSTALL_LAYOUT CMake  option, as shown in the following 1451 Valid Values ap-northeast-1 ap-northeast-2 ap-south-1 ap-southeast-1 ap-southeast-2 eu-central-1 eu-west-1 sa-east-1 us-east-1 us-west-1 us-west-2 Command-Line Format --keyring-encrypted-file- data=file_name System Variable keyring_encrypted_file_data Scope Global Dynamic Yes SET_VAR  Hint Applies No Type File name Default Value platform specific • keyring_encrypted_file_data