mysql: disable binlogs altogether

this is useful primarily for replication

http://dimitrik.free.fr/blog/archives/2018/04/mysql-performance-testing-80-with-less-blood.html

setup/start/mysql.cnf

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+!includedir /etc/mysql/conf.d/
+!includedir /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/
+
+# http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=68514
+[mysqld]
+performance_schema=OFF
+max_connections=50
+# on ec2, without this we get a sporadic connection drop when doing the initial migration
+max_allowed_packet=64M
+
+# https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/mysql-utf8mb4
+character-set-server = utf8mb4
+collation-server = utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+
+# set timezone to UTC
+default_time_zone='+00:00'
+
+# disable bin logs. they are only useful in replication mode
+skip-log-bin
+
+[mysqldump]
+quick
+quote-names
+max_allowed_packet  = 16M
+default-character-set = utf8mb4
+
+[mysql]
+default-character-set = utf8mb4
+
+[client]
+default-character-set = utf8mb4
+