SET GLOBAL innodb_encrypt_tables = OFF; SET GLOBAL innodb_encryption_threads = 4; CREATE TABLE t1 (pk INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, c VARCHAR(256)) ENGINE=INNODB; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `pk` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `c` varchar(256) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`pk`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci CREATE TABLE t2 (pk INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, c VARCHAR(256)) ENGINE=INNODB ENCRYPTED=YES; CREATE TABLE t3 (pk INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, c VARCHAR(256)) ENGINE=INNODB ENCRYPTED=NO; CREATE TABLE t4 (pk INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, c VARCHAR(256)) ENGINE=INNODB ENCRYPTED=YES ENCRYPTION_KEY_ID=4; SET GLOBAL innodb_encrypt_tables = on; # Wait max 10 min for key encryption threads to encrypt required all spaces # Success! SELECT COUNT(1) FROM t1; COUNT(1) 10 SELECT COUNT(1) FROM t2; COUNT(1) 10 SELECT COUNT(1) FROM t3; COUNT(1) 10 SELECT COUNT(1) FROM t4; COUNT(1) 10 SET GLOBAL innodb_encrypt_tables = off; # Wait max 10 min for key encryption threads to decrypt all required spaces # Success! SET GLOBAL innodb_encrypt_tables = ON; set GLOBAL innodb_default_encryption_key_id=4; CREATE TABLE t5 (pk INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, c VARCHAR(256)) ENGINE=INNODB; SHOW CREATE TABLE t5; Table Create Table t5 CREATE TABLE `t5` ( `pk` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `c` varchar(256) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`pk`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci INSERT INTO t5 select * from t1; # Wait max 10 min for key encryption threads to encrypt required all spaces # Success! SELECT COUNT(1) FROM t1; COUNT(1) 10 SELECT COUNT(1) FROM t2; COUNT(1) 10 SELECT COUNT(1) FROM t3; COUNT(1) 10 SELECT COUNT(1) FROM t4; COUNT(1) 10 SELECT COUNT(1) FROM t5; COUNT(1) 10 drop table t1,t2,t3,t4, t5;