The MySQL Keyring The location of the configuration file for the  keyring_aws  plugin. This variable is unavailable unless that plugin is installed. At plugin startup,  keyring_aws  reads the AWS secret access key ID and key from the configuration file. For the  keyring_aws  plugin to start successfully, the configuration file must exist and contain valid secret access key information, initialized as described in Section 6.4.4.9, “Using the keyring_aws Amazon Web Services Keyring Plugin” . The default file name is  keyring_aws_conf , located in the default keyring file directory. The location of this default directory is the same as for the  keyring_file_data  system variable. See the description of that variable for details, as well as for considerations to take into account if you create the directory manually. The location of the storage file for the  keyring_aws  plugin. This variable is unavailable unless that plugin is installed. At plugin startup, if the value assigned to  keyring_aws_data_file  specifies a file that does not exist, the  keyring_aws  plugin attempts to create it (as well as its parent directory, if necessary). If the file does exist,  keyring_aws  reads any encrypted keys contained in the file into its in-memory cache. keyring_aws  does not cache unencrypted keys in memory. The default file name is  keyring_aws_data , located in the default keyring file directory. The location of this default directory is the same as for the  keyring_file_data  system variable. See the description of that variable for details, as well as for considerations to take into account if you create the directory manually. 1450 • keyring_aws_region SET_VAR  Hint Applies No Type File name Default Value platform specific Command-Line Format --keyring-aws-data-file System Variable keyring_aws_data_file Scope Global Dynamic No SET_VAR  Hint Applies No Type File name Default Value platform specific Command-Line Format --keyring-aws-region=value System Variable keyring_aws_region Scope Global Dynamic Yes SET_VAR  Hint Applies No Type Enumeration Default Value us-east-1 • keyring_aws_data_file