Docker is quickly becoming mainstream, as a method to package and deploy self-sufficient applications in primarily stateless Linux containers. But for a stateful service like a database, this might be bit of a headache. How do we best configure MySQL in a container environment? What can go wrong? Should we even run our databases in a container environment? How does performance compare with e.g. running on virtual machines or bare-metal servers? How do we manage replicated or clustered setups, where multiple containers need to be created, upgraded and made highly available?

So, welcome to our new blog series - “MySQL on Docker”. We will touch upon swarms, shared volumes, data-only-containers, security and configuration management, multi-host networking, service discovery and implications on monitoring when we move from host-centric to role-centric services with shorter life cycles.

In our first blog post, we are going to cover …

Proper MySQL Query Optimization starts with a proper Slow Query Logging session. And MySQL Query Optimization is where I spend 70-80% of my time when doing MySQL performance optimization.

In part 2 here, we will go over the pt-query-digest report, that we have prepared in part 1.

Here’s links to the other two parts:

• Advanced MySQL Slow Query Logging Part 1: the essentials
• Advanced MySQL Slow Query Logging Part 3: fine-tuning the logging process

The post Advanced MySQL Slow Query Logging Part 2: …

Percona is glad to announce the new release of Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.6 on June 10, 2016. Binaries are available from the downloads area or our software repositories.

Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.6.30-25.16 is now the current release, based on the following:

• Percona Server 5.6.30-76.3
• Galera Replication library 3.16
• Codership wsrep API version 25

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In this post, I’ll discuss how to run Percona XtraDB Cluster in a multi-host Docker network.

With our release of Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.7 beta, we’ve also decided to provide Docker images for both Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.6 and Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.7.

Starting one node is very easy, and not that different from starting Percona Server image. The only an extra requirement is …

Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Monitoring and Management 1.0.1 Beta on 10 June, 2016.

Like prior versions, PMM is distributed through Docker Hub and is free to download. Full instructions for download and installation of the server and client are available in the documentation.

Notable changes to the tool include:

• Grafana 3.0
• Replaced custom web server with NGINX
• Eliminated most of the ports for PMM server container (now only two – 9001 and configurable 80)
• Updated to the latest versions of …

The following is the very basic Python App connecting to MySQL Database. (01-connect.py)
It connects to the MySQL Database (127.0.0.1:3306 with root and empty password). 
import mysql.connector
import sys

if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
        _pass = sys.argv[1]
else :
        _pass = ''
cnx = mysql.connector.connect(user='root', password=_pass, host='127.0.0.1', port=3306, database='mysql')

cnx.close()
The alternative using Python Dictionary parameter -

This can be useful way to connect to MySQL Database with named parameters. (02-connect.py)
import mysql.connector
import sys

_pass = ''
if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
        _pass = sys.argv[1]

config = {
…

I would like to share my trip to Romania/Bucharest for User Group Leaders summit.
It was really great meeting. Great people, talks, discussions, food and etc.
I want to create same atmosphere in Azerbaijan/Baku next year
Here are some of the photos:

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Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.7.11-4beta-25.14.2 on June 9, 2016. Binaries are available from the downloads area or our software repositories.

NOTE: This beta release is only available from the testing repository. It is not meant for upgrade from Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.6 and earlier versions. Only a fresh installation is supported.

Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.7.11-4beta-25.14.2 is based on the following:

• …

In this blog post, I’ll discuss how to use MySQL 5.7 Document Store to track data from Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

Using JSON in MySQL 5.7

In my previous blog post, I’ve looked into MySQL 5.7.12 Document Store. This is a brand new feature in MySQL 5.7, and many people are asking when do I need or want to use the JSON or Document Store interface?

Storing data in JSON may be quite useful in some cases, for example:

• You already have a JSON (i.e., from external feeds) and need to store it anyway. Using the JSON datatype will be more convenient and more efficient.
• For the Internet of Things, specifically, when storing events from …

Following the recent completion of our testers programme for NinesControl, we’re now happy to announce the public availability of NinesControl (beta), the database infrastructure management solution for the cloud.

Many thanks to our testers for participating in the NinesControl feedback programme. With the collective insight gained, we were able to fine-tune this initial public release and present it to you today.

With NinesControl, users can now easily and quickly deploy and monitor (MySQL) Galera clusters on DigitalOcean. Droplets are launched and managed using your own DigitalOcean account.

We encourage you to sign up on ninescontrol.com and try this new service out.

NinesControl is designed with developers in mind. Spend time developing your applications and let the service provision, monitor and manage …