In this blog post, we are going to look into the new user management system introduced in ClusterControl 1.8.2, and to see how it is different from the previous ones. Just for clarification, the old user management system will still work side-by-side with the new user authentication and management system until Q1 2022. From now on, all new installations for ClusterControl 1.8.2 and later will be configured with the new user management system.

Data migration is a challenging task, but with the right setup, architecture, and tools it can be achieved. This blog will deal with the challenges and limitations when migrating your Azure Database for MySQL or MariaDB to an on-prem server.

This blog post will walk you through how to perform online migration from Google Cloud SQL to an on-premises server. There are differences between Google Cloud SQL and standard MySQL functionality like limited control, restricted resources, data locality, budget and security, which may influence your final decision to move out from the Google Cloud SQL instances and host the database service in the on-premises infrastructure

There are different types of migrations. You can migrate from a technology to a different one, to a different datacenter, to the cloud, or even in the same place and same technology to another machine. In this blog, we will look at some open-source tools for PostgreSQL migrations with a short overview of each option.

Database migrations can be a hefty job to handle. This blog looks at tools which are freely available either to be used or to be extended in order to achieve your desired data migration activities.

MySQL 8.0 has important performance and security improvements and there are several things to take into account before taking it into production. In this blog, we’ll look at the new MySQL 8.0 features, some deprecations, and what you need to keep in mind before migrating.

PostgreSQL and its underlying platform solutions can help you cut down the high costs associated with an Oracle Database license; all with small to moderate changes. This blog walks you through some of the advantages of migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL for your SQL database needs.

Vendor lock-in, or proprietary lock-in, occurs when a customer becomes dependent on a vendor for products and services. In this blog, we will see how to avoid it using open source tools.

Migrating from proprietary to open source databases poses challenges. In this blog we share some tips on what you should keep in mind while planning the transition.

Cloud is getting more and more popular, more and more people consider moving their database infrastructure from on-prem to EC2. In this blog post we discuss important part of every migration - migrating proxy layer based on ProxySQL from local datacenter to AWS EC2. What are the challenges? How to sync the configuration? You will learn it from this blog post.

This blog provides an overview of the migration process between MySQL Enterprise 8.0 and MariaDB 10.3. In this blog post, we’ll go through some of the most important differences as well as the migration procedures.

Database migrations are painful, as they involve a lot of steps - from creation of the target infrastructure to migrating schema and data, and oh.. a lot of testing. Some of the steps can be automated though, you can rely on Ansible. This blog post presents a playbook that can be used to assist in the process of migrating to Galera Cluster.

Watch the replay of this webinar in which we walk you through all you need to know to plan and execute a successful migration from Oracle database to MariaDB.

So, you are an Oracle DBA and your manager asked you to migrate a couple of Oracle databases to MySQL. Databases are migrated, and now what? How do you manage these MySQL databases?In this blog, we show you how Oracle DBAs can best manage MySQL by covering the basic operations of MySQL with reference to similar tasks in your Oracle environment.