Need help with MySQL(Windows) Federated plugin

[simcher]

Hi guys,
I just setup MySQL 5.6.13 community server, and I realised that Federated is not supported even after i added federated into the my-default.ini found in C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\

How can I enable Federated plugin? Been trying, but can't seems to get it working.

Quote from my-default.ini

# For advice on how to change settings please see
# MySQL :: MySQL 5.6 Reference Manual :: 5.1.2 Server Configuration Defaults
# *** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE. It's a template which will be copied to the
# *** default location during install, and will be replaced if you
# *** upgrade to a newer version of MySQL.

[mysqld]
federated

# Remove leading # and set to the amount of RAM for the most important data
# cache in MySQL. Start at 70% of total RAM for dedicated server, else 10%.
# innodb_buffer_pool_size = 128M

# Remove leading # to turn on a very important data integrity option: logging
# changes to the binary log between backups.
# log_bin

# These are commonly set, remove the # and set as required.
# basedir = .....
# datadir = .....
# port = .....
# server_id = .....


# Remove leading # to set options mainly useful for reporting servers.
# The server defaults are faster for transactions and fast SELECTs.
# Adjust sizes as needed, experiment to find the optimal values.
# join_buffer_size = 128M
# sort_buffer_size = 2M
# read_rnd_buffer_size = 2M

sql_mode=NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES

Screenshot from MySQL Workbench

 

[Rock-kun]

on Linux I run

./mysqld --federated

to enable the Federated storage engine.

Discard the GUI and run MySQL in command line mode if you have to.