Google Developers Console

To set a flag:

1. Go to the Google Developers Console .
2. Create a new Developers Console project, or open an existing project by clicking on the project name.
3. In the sidebar on the left, click STORAGE , and then click Cloud SQL to show a list of Cloud SQL instances for the project.
4. Click New Instance to create a new Cloud SQL instance in your project. Or, select an existing instance and click Edit .
5. In the MySQL Flags section, select a value in the Flags box and specify a value.
6. Continue setting new flags as needed.
7. Click Confirm to restart the instance with the flag change(s).
8. On the instance overview page, in the MySQL Flags section there is summary of the flags set.

To remove a flag:

1. Follow the steps above for setting a flag and click the - (minus sign) next to the flag you want to remove.
2. Click Confirm to restart the instance.

Cloud SQL Command Line

To set a flag:

1. Using the Cloud SDK , the following command edits an existing instance:

   $ gcloud sql instances patch your-instance-name --database-flags [flag1=value1 flag2=value2]
   

   For flags that do not take a value, specify the flag name followed by an equals sign ("="). For example, to set the general_log , skip_show_database , and wait_timeout flags, you can use the following command:

   $ gcloud sql instances patch your-instance-name \
   --database-flags general_log=on skip_show_database= wait_timeout=200000
   

2. To list flags that have been set:

   $ gcloud sql instances get your-instance-name
   

   In the output, database flags are listed under the settings as the collection databaseFlags . For more information on the representation of the flags in the output, see Instances Resource Representation .

To remove a flag:

1. To clear all flags set on an instance:

   $ gcloud sql instances patch your-instance-name --clear-database-flags
   

   You will be prompted restart the instance.

Cloud SQL API

You can specify custom flags when you create ( insert ) or edit ( patch ) an instance resource. In the examples here, we show how to do this using cURL .

To set a flag for an existing instance:

For example, to set the general_log flag for an existing instance use:

$ curl --header 'Authorization: Bearer accessToken' \
       --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
       --data '{"settings" : {"databaseFlags" : [{ "name": "general_log",  "value": "on" }]}}' \
       -X PATCH \
       https://www.googleapis.com/sql/v1beta3/projects/your-project-id/instances/your-instance-name

If there are existing custom flags configured for the instance, modify the previous command to include them. The PATCH command will replace the existing flags with the ones specified in the request.

To list flags configured for an instance:

$ curl --header 'Authorization: Bearer accessToken' \
       --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
       -X GET \
       https://www.googleapis.com/sql/v1beta3/projects/your-project-id/instances/your-instance-name?fields=settings

In the output, look for the databaseFlags field.