How to deploy MySQL HeatWave on AWS

Multicloud is a cloud adoption strategy that utilizes services from multiple cloud providers rather than relying on just one. This approach enables organizations to take advantage of the best services for specific tasks, enhances resilience, and helps reduce costs. Additionally, a multicloud strategy offers the flexibility necessary to meet regulatory requirements and increases options for […]

Ensuring FIPS compliance is crucial for securing sensitive data and meeting compliance objectives. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) are a set of standards and guidelines issued by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for use in federal computer systems. This blog provides a step-by-step guide to enabling FIPS mode on Oracle Linux 9 with MySQL, covering essential configurations for OpenSSL, SSH, and MySQL itself.

Announcing and introducing MySQL Routing Guidelines - A smarter, more flexible, and declarative approach to query routing in MySQL InnoDB Cluster, ClusterSet, and ReplicaSet.

Thank you to all contributors that have their patches added to MySQL 9.2

At the beginning of the year, we released MySQL 9.2, the latest Innovation Release. Sorry for the delay, but I was busy with the preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days and FOSDEM MySQL Belgium Days. Of course, we released bug fixes for 8.0 and 8.4 LTS, but in this post, I focus on the newest release. Within […]

This blog was originally published in June 2020 and was updated in March 2025. One of the most common support tickets we get at Percona is the infamous “database is running slower” ticket.  While this can be caused by a multitude of factors, it is more often than not caused by a bad or slow […]

This blog post gives you a quick and easy SQL statement to check the available memory in your HeatWave MySQL cluster.

Learn about MySQL reserved words, their impact on database design, and how to avoid common errors. Find practical tips, examples, and resources for managing reserved words effectively.

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MySQL Shell is a powerful tool for managing MySQL databases, and one of its most exciting features is the ability to extend its functionality using plugins. If you're a Python developer, you can create custom plugins to automate tasks, add new commands, or
integrate MySQL Shell with other tools. However debugging the python code could be cumbersome for mysql-shell given the python code requires some specific objects available only when running inside the shell. 

In this blog post, we'll walk you through the steps to set up your development environment for creating MySQL Shell plugins in Python while able to modify and debug the mysql-shell itself.

Prerequisites

Before we dive into the setup, ensure you have the following installed on your system:

• MySQL Shell: Download and install MySQL Shell from the official MySQL website.
• Python 3.8 or later: MySQL Shell plugins …