Getting started with authentication_oci There is a new means of connecting seamlessly to a MySQL Database Service instance in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. It is a method that does not require passwords, and can utilize the public key found in a OCI user’s account profile, without anyone needing to access that profile directly . It derives its access… Read More »

InnoDB Cluster has been around for what feels like a long time. It is the core platform for MySQL High Availability. InnoDB Cluster NOW extends that core feature into a platform that also enables DR support where multiple Disaster Recovery Regions are capable.

Many things in the MySQL 8.0 Series has evolved. I’ve discussed many of those things in prior blogs such as items like the MySQL-Router w/InnoDB Cluster, plus a Series on Enterprise Backup with InnoDB Cluster Backup & Restore Use Cases. But now its time to update everyone on the evolution of the Yum Repo packaging… Read More »

Many things in the MySQL 8.0 Series has evolved. I’ve discussed many of those things in prior blogs such as items like the MySQL-Router w/InnoDB Cluster, plus a Series on Enterprise Backup with InnoDB Cluster Backup & Restore Use Cases. But now its time to update everyone on the evolution of the Yum Repo packaging in MySQL 8.0.18!… Read More »

The Oracle Cloud has a lot to offer with it’s Security Focused 2nd Generation OCI environment.  My previous blog on OCI IaaS walks us through some of the great IaaS features such as compartments and VCN Subnets where you can run services across private ip addresses.  What I’d like to look at this time is… Read More »

In this blog post I’ll be starting another series with MySQL on the Oracle Cloud, but focusing this  post on IaaS initial setups.  In “the series” I’ll review at a high level, building an InnoDB Cluster on IaaS Compute in the Oracle Cloud, mostly focusing certain cloud characteristics as they pertain to building, staging and managing… Read More »

This is a quick blog demonstrating a couple backup Restore uses cases within a MySQL InnoDB Cluster 8.0 setup.  The backup used was completed in a previous blog (part 2 in this series) with the  MySQL Enterprise Backup 8.0 utility.  I’ll then use that backup to build an additional member to add to the cluster. This blog… Read More »

In this blog post, I’ll highlight new Backup Support in the MySQL Enterprise Backup 8.0 utility for Group Replication and InnoDB Cluster. This will also include usage of the MySQL login-path utility for accessing credentials for the backup process as highlighted in this other blog post on Devops ideas with MySQL and Scripting for Binary Log… Read More »

Features and capabilities continue to arrive in MySQL 8.0, most recently noted in the GA release of MySQL 8.0.13.  The mysql-shell 8.0.12 release introduced a number of things, an important part was a cross-platform mysql-shell secure password handling facility.  The MySQL Login-paths are a part of that security focus.  Here we will look at where InnoDB Cluster 8.0,… Read More »

In Jesper’s blog on Persisted Variables …he introduced us to this new capability using the PERSIST and PERSIST_ONLY keywords.  With new MySQL features, such as PERSIST come new areas that we need to pay attention to when doing backup and restore activities.  Namely to manage the log file that the PERSIST capability uses, as it’s a… Read More »