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With MySQL 26.10, we’re announcing the general availability of the MySQL REST Service (MRS) Component, an installable component that runs MRS directly inside MySQL Server. MRS: the MySQL REST Service Many modern applications, well, not just applications, but also tools, CLIs, CI pipelines, and automation, use HTTP and JSON to communicate with other systems. For […]

March 11, 2014 By Severalnines

For ops folks with multiple environments and instances to manage, a fully programmable infrastructure is the basis for automation. ClusterControl exposes all functionality through a REST API. The web UI also interacts with the REST API to retrieve monitoring data (cluster load, alarms, backup status, etc.) or to send management commands (add/remove nodes, run backups, upgrade a cluster, add/remove load balancer, etc.). The API is written in PHP and runs under Apache. The diagram below illustrates the architecture of ClusterControl.

Figure: ClusterControl - Agentless Architecture

In this blog post, we will show you how to interact directly with the ClusterControl API to retrieve monitoring data or to perform management tasks.

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