3371
MySQLERRORCommonInnoDB / TablespacesHIGH confidence
Encrypted tablespace requires a keyring key
Production Risk
High — encrypted tablespace cannot be created or accessed; may block application startup.
How to reproduce
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
CREATE TABLESPACE ts1 ADD DATAFILE 'ts1.ibd' ENCRYPTION='Y';
expected output
ERROR 3371 (HY000): Encryption key not found in keyring.
Fix
Load keyring plugin and generate key
Load keyring plugin and generate key
INSTALL PLUGIN keyring_file SONAME 'keyring_file.so'; ALTER INSTANCE ROTATE INNODB MASTER KEY;
Why this works
Installs the keyring plugin and generates a new master encryption key for InnoDB.
What not to do
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Sources
Official documentation ↗
MySQL 8.0 — 3371 ER_TABLESPACE_ENCRYPTION_REQUIRES_KEY
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