How to set a custom location of the primary MySQL configuration file (`my.cnf` / `my.ini`)?

[dmitrii_fediuk]

Specify it via the MYSQL_HOME environment variable:

• dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/environment-variables.html
• dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-installation-excerpt/8.0/en/environment-variables.html

Checking the result

mysql --help