Server Command Options Default Value ON The  --ssl  option specifies that the server permits but does not require encrypted connections on the main connection interface. This option is enabled by default. A similar option,  --admin-ssl , is like the  --ssl , except that it applies to the administrative connection interface rather than the main connection interface. For information about these interfaces, see Section 5.1.12.1, “Connection Interfaces” . --ssl  can be specified in negated form as  --skip-ssl  or a synonym ( --ssl=OFF ,  --disable- ssl ). In this case, the option specifies that the server does  not  permit encrypted connections, regardless of the settings of the  tls_ xxx  and  ssl_ xxx  system variables. The  --ssl  option has an effect only at server startup on whether the server supports encrypted connections. It is ignored and has no effect on the operation of  ALTER INSTANCE RELOAD TLS  at runtime. For example, you can use  --ssl=OFF  to start the server with encrypted connections disabled, then reconfigure TLS and execute  ALTER INSTANCE RELOAD TLS  to enable encrypted connections at runtime. For more information about configuring whether the server permits clients to connect using SSL and indicating where to find SSL keys and certificates, see Section 6.3.1, “Configuring MySQL to Use Encrypted Connections” , which also describes server capabilities for certificate and key file autogeneration and autodiscovery. Consider setting at least the  ssl_cert  and  ssl_key  system variables on the server side and the  --ssl-ca  (or  --ssl-capath ) option on the client side. Because support for encrypted connections is enabled by default, it is normally unnecessary to specify --ssl . As of MySQL 8.0.26,  --ssl  is deprecated and subject to removal in a future MySQL version. If it is desired to disable encrypted connections, that can be done without specifying  --ssl  in negated form. Set the  tls_version  system variable to the empty value to indicate that no TLS versions are supported. For example, these lines in the server  my.cnf  file disable encrypted connections: [mysqld] tls_version=’’ • --standalone • --super-large-pages Standard use of large pages in MySQL attempts to use the largest size supported, up to 4MB. Under Solaris, a “super large pages”  feature enables uses of pages up to 256MB. This feature is available for recent SPARC platforms. It can be enabled or disabled by using the  --super-large-pages  or  -- skip-super-large-pages  option. Available on Windows only; instructs the MySQL server not to run as a service. Command-Line Format --super-large-pages[={OFF|ON}] Platform Specific Solaris Type Boolean Default Value OFF Command-Line Format --standalone Platform Specific Windows 755