ProxySQL commonly sits between the application and database tiers, in so called reverse-proxy tier. When your application containers are orchestrated and managed by Kubernetes, you might want to use ProxySQL in front of your database servers.

In this post, we’ll show you how to run ProxySQL on Kubernetes as a helper container in a pod. We are going to use Wordpress as an example application. The data service is provided by our two-node MySQL Replication, deployed using ClusterControl and sitting outside of the Kubernetes network on a bare-metal infrastructure, as illustrated in the following diagram:

ProxySQL Docker Image

In this example, we are going to use ProxySQL Docker image maintained by …

The MySQL Development team is very happy to announce that MySQL 8.0.13 is now available for download at dev.mysql.com. In addition to bug fixes there are a few new features added in this release.  Please download 8.0.13 from dev.mysql.com or from the MySQL  Yum,  APT, or SUSE repositories.…

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/NET 8.0.13 is the first version to support
Entity Framework Core 2.1 and the third general availability release
of MySQL Connector/NET to add support for the new X DevAPI,which
enables application developers to write code that combines the
strengths of the relational and document models using a modern,
NoSQL-like syntax that does not assume previous experience writing traditional SQL.

To learn more about how to write applications using the X DevAPI, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/x-devapi-userguide/en/index.html. For more
information about how the X DevAPI is implemented in Connector/NET, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-net.

NuGet packages provide functionality …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/C++ 8.0.13 is a new release version of the MySQL
Connector/C++ 8.0 series.

Connector/C++ 8.0 can be used to access MySQL implementing Document Store or in a traditional way, using SQL queries. It allows writing both C++ and plain C applications using X DevAPI and X DevAPI for C. It also supports the legacy API of Connector/C++ 1.1 based on JDBC4.

To learn more about how to write applications using X DevAPI, see “X DevAPI User Guide”

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/x-devapi-userguide/en/

See also “X DevAPI Reference” at

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-cpp/devapi_ref.html

and “X DevAPI for C Reference” at

…

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Node.js is a new Node.js driver for use with the X
DevAPI. This release, v8.0.13, is a maintenance release of the
MySQL Connector/Node.js 8.0 series.

The X DevAPI enables application developers to write code that combines
the strengths of the relational and document models using a modern,
NoSQL-like syntax that does not assume previous experience writing
traditional SQL.

MySQL Connector/Node.js can be downloaded through npm (see
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@mysql/xdevapi for details) or from
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/nodejs/.

To learn more about how to write applications using the X DevAPI, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/x-devapi-userguide/en/. For more information
about how the X DevAPI is implemented in MySQL Connector/Node.js, and
its usage, see …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/ODBC 8.0.13 is a new version in the MySQL Connector/ODBC 8.0 series, the ODBC driver for the MySQL Server.

The available downloads include both a Unicode driver and an ANSI driver based on the same modern codebase. Please select the driver type you need based on the type of your application – Unicode or ANSI. Server-side prepared statements are enabled by default. It is suitable for use with any MySQL server version from 5.5.

This release of the MySQL ODBC driver is conforming to the ODBC 3.8 specification. It contains implementations of key 3.8 features, including self-identification as a ODBC 3.8 driver, streaming of output parameters (supported for binary types only), and support of the SQL_ATTR_RESET_CONNECTION connection attribute (for the Unicode driver only).

The release is now available in source and binary form for a number of platforms from our download …

MySQL Server 8.0.13, 5.7.24, 5.6.42, and 5.5.62, new versions of the popular Open Source Database Management System, have been released. These releases are recommended for use on production systems. For an overview of what’s new, please see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mysql-nutshell.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysql-nutshell.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysql-nutshell.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/mysql-nutshell.html For information on installing the release on new servers, please see the MySQL installation […]

Dear MySQL users,

Version 8.0.13 is the latest General Availability release of the 8.0
series of MySQL Connector/J. It is suitable for use with MySQL Server
versions 8.0, 5.7, 5.6, and 5.5. It supports the Java Database
Connectivity (JDBC) 4.2 API, and implements the X DevAPI.

This release includes the following new features and changes, also
described in more detail on

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-j/8.0/en/news-8-0-13.html

As always, we recommend that you check the “CHANGES” file in the
download archive to be aware of changes in behavior that might affect
your application.

To download MySQL Connector/J 8.0.13 GA, see the “Generally Available
(GA) Releases” tab at …

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Python 8.0.13 is the third GA release version of the
MySQL Connector Python 8.0 series. This series adds support for Python
3.7. The X DevAPI enables application developers to write code that
combines the strengths of the relational and document models using a
modern, NoSQL-like syntax that does not assume previous experience
writing traditional SQL.

To learn more about how to write applications using the X DevAPI, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/x-devapi-userguide/en/. For more information
about how the X DevAPI is implemented in MySQL Connector/Python, and its
usage, see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-python.

For general documentation about how to get started using …

Dear MySQL users,

The MySQL developer tools team announces 8.0.13 as our general available (GA) for MySQL Workbench 8.0.

For the full list of changes in this revision, visit
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/workbench/en/changes-8-0.html

For discussion, join the MySQL Workbench Forums:
http://forums.mysql.com/index.php?152

The release is now available in source and binary form for a number of
platforms from our download pages at:

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/tools/workbench/


Enjoy!