New User and LDAP Management in ClusterControl 1.8.2
After upgrading to ClusterControl 1.8.2, you should get the following notification banner: What's up with that? It is a depreciation notice of the current user management system in favor of the new user management system...
Announcing ClusterControl 1.8.2: Enhanced Security, Resource Utilization and Administration
We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.8.2 of Severalnines ClusterControl - the only management system you’ll ever need to deploy, monitor, and manage your open source databases. ClusterControl version 1.8.2 features new...
Managing Your ClusterControl Users Privileges and Access
ClusterControl is a management platform for open source databases. It is a feature-rich product which allows users to perform multiple management tasks, including ones that may result in a data loss (rebuilding nodes, restoring backups...
MySQL Workbench Alternatives – ClusterControl Database User Management
MySQL user and privilege management is very critical for authentication, authorization and accounting purposes. Since MySQL 8.0, there are now two types of database user privileges: Static privileges - The common global, schema and administrative...
Tips for Managing PostgreSQL Remotely
A wide range of resources are available for you when managing your PostgreSQL database clusters remotely. With the right tools managing it remotely is not a difficult task. Using fully-managed services for PostgreSQL offers an...
An Overview of MongoDB User Management
Database User Management is a particularly important part of data security, as we must understand who is accessing the database and set the access rights of each user. If a database does not have a...
Tips for Managing MongoDB Remotely
Working remotely due to the Covid-19 pandemic means an increase in the importance of isolated infrastructures; more specifically ones that can only be accessed through an internal network, but in a way that authorized people...
My DBA is Sick – Database User Management Tips for SysAdmins
User management is one of the day-to-day tasks that are performed by database administrators. If your database administrator is not available and you have been appointed to perform his tasks, you may have been asked...
Announcing ClusterControl 1.7.4: Cluster-to-Cluster Replication – Ultimate Disaster Recovery
We’re excited to announce the 1.7.4 release of ClusterControl - the only database management system you’ll ever need to take control of your open source database infrastructure. In this release we launch a new function...
Database User Management: Managing Roles for MariaDB
It’s always a headache... you need to add a new user role or change some privileges, and you need to assign it one... by... one. This is a regular duty, especially in large organizations, or...
Self-Provisioning of User Accounts in PostgreSQL via Unprivileged Anonymous Access
Note from Severalnines: This blog is being published posthumously as Berend Tober passed away on July 16, 2018. We honor his contributions to the PostgreSQL community and wish peace for our friend and guest writer....
PostgreSQL Privileges & User Management – What You Should Know
User management within PostgreSQL can be tricky. Typically new users are managed, in concert, within a couple of key areas in the environment. Oftentimes, privileges are perfect on one front, yet configured incorrectly on the...