The SET CLUSTER SETTING statement modifies a cluster-wide setting.
Required privileges
To use the SET CLUSTER SETTING statement, a user must have one of the following attributes:
- Be a member of the
adminrole. (By default, therootuser belongs to theadminrole.) Have the
MODIFYCLUSTERSETTINGsystem-level privilege granted.rootandadminusers have this system-level privilege by default and are capable of granting it to other users and roles using theGRANTstatement. For example to grant this system-level privilege to usermaxroach:GRANT SYSTEM MODIFYCLUSTERSETTING TO maxroach;
New in 22.2.7:
The cluster setting sql.auth.modify_cluster_setting_applies_to_all.enabled affects what users with the MODIFYCLUSTERSETTING privilege are able to modify:
- If set to
true(the default), users are able to modify all cluster settings. - If set to
false, users are allowed to modify onlysql.defaults.*cluster settings, not all cluster settings.
Synopsis
SET CLUSTER SETTING statement is unrelated to the other SET TRANSACTION and SET {session variable} statements.Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
var_name |
The name of the cluster setting (case-insensitive). |
var_value |
The value for the cluster setting. |
DEFAULT |
Reset the cluster setting to its default value. The RESET CLUSTER SETTING resets a cluster setting as well. |
Examples
Change the default distributed execution parameter
To configure a cluster so that new sessions automatically try to run queries in a distributed fashion:
> SET CLUSTER SETTING sql.defaults.distsql = 1;
To disable distributed execution for all new sessions:
> SET CLUSTER SETTING sql.defaults.distsql = 0;
New in v22.2: Use ALTER ROLE ALL SET {sessionvar} = {val} instead of the sql.defaults.* cluster settings. This allows you to set a default value for all users for any session variable that applies during login, making the sql.defaults.* cluster settings redundant.
Disable automatic diagnostic reporting
To opt out of automatic diagnostic reporting of usage data to Cockroach Labs:
> SET CLUSTER SETTING diagnostics.reporting.enabled = false;
> SHOW CLUSTER SETTING diagnostics.reporting.enabled;
diagnostics.reporting.enabled
---------------------------------
false
(1 row)
Reset a setting to its default value
RESET CLUSTER SETTING to reset a cluster setting as well.> SET CLUSTER SETTING sql.metrics.statement_details.enabled = false;
> SHOW CLUSTER SETTING sql.metrics.statement_details.enabled;
sql.metrics.statement_details.enabled
-----------------------------------------
false
(1 row)
> SET CLUSTER SETTING sql.metrics.statement_details.enabled = DEFAULT;
> SHOW CLUSTER SETTING sql.metrics.statement_details.enabled;
sql.metrics.statement_details.enabled
-----------------------------------------
true
(1 row)
