Starting The MySQL Server With Instance Manager

Before starting Instance Manager, one should set up a password file for it.
- Otherwise, it will not be possible to connect to Instance Manager to control it after it starts.

When Instance Manager starts, it reads the Instance Manager configuration file, if it exists, to find server instance sections and prepare a list of instances.
- Instance sections have names of the form [mysqld] or [mysqldN].
  - Where N is an unsigned integer.

After preparing the list of instances, Instance Manager starts the guarded instances in the list.
- If there are no instances, Instance Manager creates an instance named mysqld and attempts to start it with default (compiled-in) configuration values.
  - This means that the Instance Manager cannot find the mysqld program if it is not installed in the default location.
  - If MySQL server is installed in a non-standard location, one should create an Instance Manager configuration file.