my.cnf - mysql config file

my.cnf

# MySQL config file

[client]
port   = 3306
socket = /tmp/mysql.sock

[mysqld]
port    = 3306
socket  = /tmp/mysql.sock
skip-external-locking
key_buffer_size = 16M
max_allowed_packet = 50M
table_open_cache = 64
sort_buffer_size = 512K
net_buffer_length = 8K
read_buffer_size = 256K
read_rnd_buffer_size = 512K
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 8M
default-storage-engine = myisam

query_cache_size=256M
query_cache_type=1
query_cache_limit=1M

basedir = /usr/local/mysql
datadir = /usr/local/mysql/data

log-error = /var/log/mysql.log
general_log = 1
general_log_file = /var/log/mysql.log

# slow query
slow_query_log = 1
long_query_time = 1 # seconds
log_queries_not_using_indexes = 1
slow_query_log_file = /var/log/mysql-slow.log

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 50M
default-character-set = utf8

[mysql]
no-auto-rehash

default-character-set = utf8

Some credit goes to:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/enable-the-query-cache-in-mysql-to-improve-performance.html http://www.serveradminblog.com/2011/03/tuning-mysql-performance-howto-part-1/