Server Command Options • --defaults-file= file_name Read only the given option file. If the file does not exist or is otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs. If file_name  is not an absolute path name, it is interpreted relative to the current directory. Exception: Even with  --defaults-file ,  mysqld  reads  mysqld-auto.cnf . This must be the first option on the command line if it is used, except that if the server is started with the  --defaults-file  and  --install  (or  --install- manual ) options,  --install  (or  --install-manual ) must be first. For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.2.3, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling” . Read not only the usual option groups, but also groups with the usual names and a suffix of  str . For example,  mysqld  normally reads the  [mysqld]  group. If this option is given as  --defaults-group- suffix=_other ,  mysqld  also reads the  [mysqld_other]  group. For additional information about this and other option-file options, see Section 4.2.2.3, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling” . This option tells the server which plugins to load before loading mandatory built-in plugins and before storage engine initialization. If multiple  --early-plugin-load  options are given, only the last one applies. The option value is a semicolon-separated list of  plugin_library  and  name = plugin_library values. Each  plugin_library  is the name of a library file that contains plugin code, and each  name is the name of a plugin to load. If a plugin library is named without any preceding plugin name, the server loads all plugins in the library. With a preceding plugin name, the server loads only the named • --early-plugin-load= plugin_list • --defaults-group-suffix= str Note Command-Line Format --early-plugin-load=plugin_list Type String Default Value empty string 738