New ClusterControl User Guide for MySQL-Based Clusters

Following the release of ClusterControl 1.2.8 with a range of cool new features, we have now also published a new ClusterControl User Guide that provides all the steps, tips & tricks to follow in order to successfully deploy, monitor, manage and scale database clusters.  

This user guide predominantly covers ClusterControl with MySQL-based clusters, namely:

• Percona XtraDB Cluster
• MariaDB Cluster
• Galera Cluster for MySQL (Codership)
• MySQL Cluster
• MySQL Replication
• A pool of MySQL single instances

New features in ClusterControl 1.2.8 include: 

• Deployment and scaling of single-instance MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB
• YUM/APT repositories for ClusterControl
• Alerts and incident tracking with PagerDuty
• New flexible alarms/email notification system
• Cluster-wide MySQL User Management
• New default dashboards for MySQL/MariaDB
• Puppet Module for ClusterControl

In terms of the ClusterControl User Guide itself, the following sections are new and/or updated: 

Deployment – Add existing server/cluster

Users can now add existing MongoDB/TokuMX replica set

https://severalnines.com/docs/clustercontrol-user-guide-mysql/home-page/add-existing-cluster

Deployment – Create Database Node

New feature introduced in 1.2.8

https://severalnines.com/docs/clustercontrol-user-guide-mysql/home-page/create-database-node

Alarms – Event Viewer

New feature, introduced in 1.2.8

https://severalnines.com/docs/clustercontrol-user-guide-mysql/alarms/event-viewer

Overview – Custom Dashboards

Three new default dashboards are now made available: Query performance, InnoDB – Disk I/O, Galera flow-control

https://severalnines.com/docs/clustercontrol-user-guide-mysql/overview/custom-dashboard

Management – Load Balancer

We’ve added load balancing algorithm: roundrobin, least connection and source (previously only least connection was supported)

https://severalnines.com/docs/clustercontrol-user-guide-mysql/manage/load-balancer

Administration – Clusters

Added Global MySQL User Management (previously, users had to manage user setting by individual cluster)

https://severalnines.com/docs/clustercontrol-user-guide-mysql/administration/clusters

We trust that with this User Guide, you’ll have all the tools and information necessary for happy clustering!

Related Resources: 

• ClusterControl 1.2.8 Release Blog
• ClusterControl Quick Start Guide
• ClusterControl Installation Guide
• ClusterControl Administration Guide
• ClusterControl Troubleshooting Guide

If you have any questions or would like a personalised live demo, please do contact us.