How to modify a storage engine from InnoDB to MyISAM using RightScale

Question

I'm tring to modify the default storage engine from InnoDB to MyISAM on a 5.5 DB Parameter Group (for a RDS instance hosted in Amazon). But I am unable to change, since the property shows up as non modifiable. How do I achieve this via RightScale or Amazon RDS

default_storage_engine string dynamic system InnoDB The default storage engine (table type).

Answer 1

There's 3 ways to set this. 2 set it for all sessions on server start-up and the third sets it for the current session.

1. When starting MySQL use the --default-storage-engine=MYISAM startup option
2. In the my.cnf file set the default-storage-engine=MYISAM option
3. In your current session SET storage_engine=MYISAM;

I suspect one of the first two are the best so you don't accidentally end up without it set one session. On Amazon RDS you need to set this via a DB Parameter Group.

On RightScale you need to tune the Chef Cookbook. You should just need to set the default-storage-engine in my.cnf.erb.