I lowered the max_user_connections hoping it would keep other connections. Yet 
I am seeing the opposite. I have the impression that ' db: 'unconnected' user: 
'unauthenticated' host:'  is being counted, which they should not be.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc
> Sent: Monday, 8 July 2024 12:30
> To: 'Jaco Kroon' <[email protected]>; Hartmut Holzgraefe
> <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [MariaDB discuss] Re: is blocked because of many connection
> 
> 
> Hi Jaco,
> 
> I did not have any issues until now with these settings[1]. I had again
> abuse from Digital ocean and Microsoft. I thought these settings would
> solve my issues. However looking at the logs I have a lot of these
> entries
> 
> to db: 'unconnected' user: 'unauthenticated' host:
> 
> before these entries are logged:
> 
> Aborted connection 3077 to db: xxxx user: 'aaaaaa' host:
> 
> Can it be that the user is being blocked and when then the abuse
> continues, these 'unauthenticated' are triggering the global server
> blocking?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [1]
> MariaDB [(none)]> show variables like '%max%connections%';
> +-----------------------+-------+
> | Variable_name         | Value |
> +-----------------------+-------+
> | extra_max_connections | 1     |
> | max_connections       | 1000  |
> | max_user_connections  | 10    |
> +-----------------------+-------+
> 
> MariaDB [(none)]> SELECT VARIABLE_NAME        , GLOBAL_VALUE        ,
> GLOBAL_VALUE_ORIGIN        , GLOBAL_VALUE_PATH     FROM
> INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SYSTEM_VARIABLES    WHERE VARIABLE_NAME LIKE
> 'max%connections';
> +----------------------+--------------+---------------------+------------
> --------------+
> | VARIABLE_NAME        | GLOBAL_VALUE | GLOBAL_VALUE_ORIGIN |
> GLOBAL_VALUE_PATH        |
> +----------------------+--------------+---------------------+------------
> --------------+
> | MAX_USER_CONNECTIONS | 50           | CONFIG              |
> /etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf |
> | MAX_CONNECTIONS      | 1000         | CONFIG              |
> /etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf |
> +----------------------+--------------+---------------------+------------
> --------------+
> 
> 
> >
> > I think you're looking for these variables:
> >
> >
> > MariaDB> show variables like '%max%connections%';
> > +-----------------------+-------+
> > | Variable_name         | Value |
> > +-----------------------+-------+
> > | extra_max_connections | 1     |
> > | max_connections       | 5000  |
> > | max_user_connections  | 250   |
> > +-----------------------+-------+
> > 3 rows in set (0.001 sec)
> >
> > So set max_connections high, and limit the per-user scope using
> > max_user_connections. works well for us.
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Jaco
> >
> >

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