Since we are approaching the end of August, it’s a time to announce a list of conferences and events where you can find MySQL Community and MySQL team during September – November 2024 plus one conference at the end of August which was added on the last minute. Please find the list of events below. […]

list of MySQL conferences 9-11, 2024

MySQL Shell offer many features to make life easier for DBAs and developers. In this post we discuss how we can customize the prompt in MuSQL Shell.

The style and format of the prompt in MySQL Shell can be customized to meet the desires of the person using it. We can configure the prompt to display different or trimmed-down information about our database connection and what mode we are using. This post will show how to add a visual cue to let you know […]

Group replication is a fault-tolerant/highly available replication topology that ensures if the primary node goes down, one of the other candidates or secondary members takes over so write and read operations can continue without any interruptions. However, there are some scenarios where, due to outages, network partitions, or database crashes, the group membership could be broken, or we end […]

​   Introduction In our previous blog post, we introduced the concept of Bring Your Own Certificate (BYOC) for HeatWave MySQL, highlighting its benefits and implementation. In this follow-up, we delve deeper into the critical policy and security requirements necessary to leverage this feature effectively. Ensuring robust security and compliance, BYOC allows users to select their own certificates for […]

This post guides the user through the essential steps to set up BYOC related policies, including configuring dynamic groups, activating resource principals, and crafting the necessary policies within the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Certificates Service, to securely integrate user-defined certificates into your HeatWave MySQL environment.

Collecting comprehensive diagnostic information can be daunting. Knowing what queries to run to get the needed data is more of an art form than anything else. Fortunately, for those not that artistically inclined, MySQL Shell makes it easier to get this information. Let’s take a look. The Setup Before we can get started, we need to connect […]

MySQL Shell offer many features to make life easier for DBAs and developers. In this post we discuss how we can gather a plethora of diagnostic data with a single command.

The usage of MySQL Router as a Middleware/Proxy/Router has increased along with the rise in MySQL InnoDB Cluster usage. While it is still relatively easy to use in production, monitoring it to stay informed about its current status is essential. This blog post will cover how to check and monitor MySQL routers, routes, and other […]