With MySQL configuration options
You can specify MySQL options, as if you were starting mysqld from command line, for example:
<project>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jcabi</groupId>
<artifactId>jcabi-mysql-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.10.2</version>
<configuration>
<port>${mysql.port}</port>
<data>${project.build.directory}/mysql-data</data>
<options>
<option>default-time-zone=UTC</option>
<option>connect-timeout=60</option>
</options>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
[...]
</project>