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A couple of weeks ago we announced that we were moving from a hosted instance of JIRA to our self hosted instance. The main reason was that we hit 2000 active users in the hosted instance of JIRA and that is the upper limit that it supports. We obviously wanted to allow more people to […]
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Recently a serious vulnerability called DROWN was found. The vulnerability exists in systems that support SSLv2. There is flaw in SSLv2 that could be used to decrypt information over newer SSL protocols such as TLS. More information about the DROWN vulnerability with CVE number CVE-2016-0800 can be found here: The DROWN attack Mitre CVE dictionary […]
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I think one of the big announcements that came out from the Amazon Web Services world in October 2015 was the fact that you could spin up instances of MariaDB Server on it. You would get MariaDB Server 10.0.17. As of this writing, you are still getting that (the MySQL shipping then was 5.6.23, and today you can create a 5.6.27 instance, but there were no .24/.25/.26 releases). I’m hoping that there’s active work going on to make MariaDB Server 10.1 available ASAP on the platform.
Just last week you would have noticed that Amazon has rolled out MySQL 5.7.10. The in-place upgrades are not available yet, so updating …
[Read more]SCALE14x was held at Pasadena, Los Angeles this year from January 21-24 2016. I think its important to note that the venue changed from the Hilton LAX — this is a much bigger space, as the event is much bigger, and you’ll also notice that the expo hall has grown tremendously.
I had a talk in the MySQL track, and that was just one of over 180 talks. There were over 3,600 people attending, and it showed by the number of people coming by the MariaDB Corporation booth. I spent sometime there with Rod Allen, Max Mether, and Kurt Pastore, and the qualified leads we received were pretty high. Of course it didn’t hurt that we were also giving away a Sphero BB-8 Droid.
The …
[Read more]In this post, the first one of a Maxscale series, I describe how to use MariaDB’s MaxScale and MySQL-utilities with MySQL Asynchronous replication.
When we talk about high availability with asynchronous replication, we always think about MHA or PRM. But if we want to transparently use the slave(s) for READs, what can we use ?
Description:
It was a long time since I updated mysqljsonimport or
mysqljsonexport and I had a few things I wanted to do with them.
This release is significant enough for me to bump it up to 2.0,
and the same is in the works for mysqljsonexport. The one big
thing that is now implemented is reasonably advanced support for
MariaDB Dynamic Columns, and it is actually pretty flexible,
allowing you to load a nested JSON object into a MariaDB Dynamic
Column. But don't worry, it will still link and run with MySQL if
that is what you want to do (but then you will not have the
dynamic column features, for obvious reasons),
Download from Sourceforge as usual (yes, I know I am
oldfashioned and that I should have put it on github). Also as
usual is the documentation in pdf format that is also
downloadable separately.
/Karlsson …
This blog will address how the MariaDB Auditing Plugin can help monitor database activity to help with security, accountability and troubleshooting.
Why Audit Your Databases?
Auditing is an essential task for monitoring your database environment. By auditing your database, you can achieve accountability for actions taken or content accessed within your environment. You will also deter users (or others) from inappropriate actions.
If there is any bad behavior, you can investigate suspicious activity. For example, if a user is deleting data from tables, the admins could audit all connections to the database and all deletions of rows. You can also use auditing to notify admins when an unauthorized user manipulates or deletes data or that a user has more privileges than expected.
Auditing Plugins Available for MySQL
As Sergei Glushchenko said in a …
[Read more]The MariaDB JIRA instance that currently is in use for project and issue tracking will change. The current instance is hosted in Atlassian’s cloud and it has worked well, but we have hit the maximum user limit of 2000 users. It’s fantastic to see how many of you actually report bugs and other issues in the MariaDB […]
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The Percona Live Data Performance Conference 2016 is rapidly approaching, and we’re looking forward to providing an outstanding experience April 18-21 for all whom attend.
Percona Live is the premier event for the rich and diverse open source community and businesses that thrive in the MySQL and NoSQL marketplaces. Attendees include DBAs, sysadmins, developers, architects, CTOs, and CEOs representing organizations from industry giants such as Oracle to start-ups. Vendors increasingly rely on the conference as a major opportunity to connect with potential high-value customers from around the world.
Below are some highlights for the upcoming conference regarding the conference schedule, Tutorial sessions, Birds of a Feather talks, and Lightning talks.
Conference Schedule
Percona Live is packed with engaging sessions, helpful …
[Read more]A question raised by my previous post is : What about MariaDB and native JSON support ? In my previous post I mentioned the possibility to use the MariaDB CONNECT storage Engine to store and access JSON content in normal text field. Of course having a native JSON datatype brings more value. It introduces JSON ...continue reading "MariaDB and Native JSON support ?"