Error Code: 2013. Lost connection to MySQL server during query

Question

I got the Error Code: 2013. Lost connection to MySQL server during query error when I tried to add an index to a table using MySQL Workbench. I noticed als

Answer 1

Start the DB server with the comandline option net_read_timeout / wait_timeout and a suitable value (in seconds) - for example: --net_read_timeout=100.

For reference see here and here.