# mysqld\_multi xtradb "!includedir" directive does not work

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**Category:** Percona Server for MySQL 5.6\
**Created:** [September 14, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysqld-multi-xtradb-includedir-directive-does-not-work/2939 "2013-09-14T11:33:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysqld-multi-xtradb-includedir-directive-does-not-work/2939/1 "2013-09-14T11:33:51Z")

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I’we created an “instance2.cnf” file into the conf.d folder with the second mysql instance parameters. When i run mysqld\_multi … report, it just silently ignores the included config. I’we tried to move the “!includedir” to the first row, tried with absoulte, relative paths, made a wrong included config file - but it just not work.  
I’we read that there is a similar reported mysql bug from 2007 ([URL][MySQL Bugs: #29327: mysqld\_multi doesn't support !include or !includedir directives](http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=29327%5B/URL%5D)) but i hope that Percona will fix it faster somehow.

Backgound: We are using a lot (~25) mysql instances in our system.  
Instead of use 25(x3) server, my plan is to use Percona Xtradb with mysql\_multi.If i cant split the log sections into separate files, the config file will be very long - almost unmanageable.  
Anyone experienced this problem?