Tag: configuration

I am running Flywheel’s Local app on a MacBook Pro and noticed that I was constantly running out space on my MacBook’s SSD. Even after I cleared big chunks of space it would quickly fill up and run out of space.

The problem was MySQL and its binary log files (located at /Users/<username>/Library/ApplicationSupport/Local/run/<random-hash>/mysql/data) – the new binlog files kept on appearing and eventually would fill up all the available space on the SSD.

Add the following line to the [mysqld] section of the MySQL server configuration file template (my.conf.hbs). It is located in the /app/cnf/ directory of your Local’s site.

expire_logs_days = 3

The following will tell the MySQL server to only keep the binary log files for up to 3 days and delete the older ones.

Alternatively, you can add the following (which will completely disable the logging)

skip-log-bin

Restart the MySQL server and you will see that the old bin files will shortly disappear.

Note: do not delete the bin files manually – let the MySQL server handle it by using the expire_logs_days configuration.