# MySQL Data at Rest Encryption

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**Category:** Percona Distribution for MySQL\
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**Created:** [October 23, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-data-at-rest-encryption/12694 "2021-10-23T13:12:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-data-at-rest-encryption/12694/1 "2021-10-23T13:12:28Z")

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Hello  
I am trying to use MySQL Data at Rest encryption (table space) with keyring.  
I have been successful in encrypting a table and creating the keyring file in the default location.  
Right now I see that the keyring file location is hard coded in my.ini file  
However for best practices I should not store the keying file in the same server (correct?).  
If my application runs on a different server, how do I ‘pass’ the keyring file to the mysql server instance (running on a different server) before I start using the database features? I do not see any documentation on how to do this.  
Thanks