MySQL show status - active or total connections?

Question

When I run show status like \'Con%\' it shows the number of connections, which is 9972 and constantly growing. Is this an active number of connections or connec

Answer 1

In order to check the maximum allowed connections, you can run the following query:

SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "max_connections";

To check the number of active connections, you can run the following query:

SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "max_used_connections";

Hope it helps.