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If you’ve ever wanted to deploy Galera Cluster on Rancher by SUSE, you now can since Galera Cluster is a partner chart in their repository. This means Codership’s Galera Cluster is a SUSE Ready Verified partner. A direct link to the HELM charts for MySQL/Galera Cluster is here.

What is Rancher? Rancher is a Kubernetes management tool to deploy and run clusters anywhere and on any provider. Rancher can provision Kubernetes from a hosted provider, provision compute nodes and then install Kubernetes onto them, or import existing Kubernetes clusters running anywhere.

Rancher comes with very good …

The NIS2 Directive strengthens EU cybersecurity standards by expanding sector coverage and imposing stricter requirements. This document outlines how MySQL Enterprise Edition can help organizations meet these demands, focusing on key areas for securing MySQL database servers within the NIS2 framework. NIS2 covers various sectors, from energy and transport to digital infrastructure and manufacturing. It […]

The NIS2 Directive strengthens EU cybersecurity standards by expanding sector coverage and imposing stricter requirements. This document outlines how MySQL Enterprise Edition can help organizations meet these demands, focusing on key areas for securing MySQL database servers within the NIS2 framework.

The MySQL Rockstars 2024 award ceremony was a highlight of the MySQL Belgian Days 2025, held on January 30th and 31st at the ICAB Incubator in Brussels. This event brought together MySQL enthusiasts from around the globe to celebrate MySQL’s 30th anniversary and honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the MySQL community. The […]

These are the MySQL Rockstars 2024 winners !

Introduction FIPS compliance is crucial for numerous MySQL deployments, especially within government agencies and organizations subject to regulatory mandates. The alignment of FIPS 140-3 with ISO/IEC 19790 broadens the applicability of these requirements. This blog clarifies the relationship between FIPS, OpenSSL, and MySQL, explaining:     FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) are a set of […]

FIPS compliance is crucial for numerous MySQL deployments, especially within government agencies and organizations subject to regulatory mandates. The alignment of FIPS 140-3 with ISO/IEC 19790 broadens the applicability of these requirements. This blog clarifies the relationship between FIPS, OpenSSL, and MySQL.

The preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days 2025, held on January 30th and 31st at the ICAB Incubator in Brussels, was a remarkable gathering of MySQL enthusiasts, developers, and experts. This year’s event was particularly special as it marked the commencement of celebrations for MySQL’s 30th anniversary. The event was very popular, and with more than 150 […]

This is a recap of the preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days 2025

This is a follow-up for MySQL GTID tags and binlog events, but you don’t need to read that first.

One of the recent innovations in MySQL was the addition of Tagged GTID’s. These tagged GTID’s take the format of <uuid>:<tag>:<transaction_id>.

And this change means that the GTID_LOG_EVENT’s in the binary logs needed to be changed. The MySQL team at Oracle decided to not change the existing format, but introduce a new event: GTID_TAGGED_LOG_EVENT.

Initially I assumed that decoding the new event would me mostly identical to the original event, but with just a single field added. But this isn’t the case as Oracle MySQL deciced to use a new serialization format (Yes, more innovation) and use it for this new event. The new serialization format is documented …