Release tests are typically one of the steps in the whole deployment process. You write the code, and then you verify how it behaves on a staging environment, and then, finally, you deploy the new...

With many kinds of data stored in the database, sometimes we may be dealing with confidential data, which might include credit card data, financial record, personal information. Those PII (Personal Identifiable Information) data is subject...

If you’ve ever used MySQL, chances are you probably took backups of your database. If you took backups of your database, chances are you have at least once thought of how you could secure them....

Establishing trusted communications between systems is essential in enhancing system’s security. The use of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is one of the common ways to achieve trusted communication in distributed systems. In particular, Mutual SSL...

If you’ve been working with MySQL for some time, you have probably heard the terms “table-level locking” and “row-level locking”. These terms refer to the lock granularity in MySQL - in this blog we will...

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...

Database automation helps make complex and time consuming tasks simple and fast. The tasks most commonly and easily identified for automation are those that are time-consuming yet repetitive. These often consume productivity, and can affect...

Security audits are a must in all companies to protect data and avoid any possible security breaches, but it is also a time-consuming task as you need to check a lot of things periodically. The...

Nowadays, database automation is a very hot topic. Database automation, simply speaking, refers to leveraging processes and tools to make administrative tasks for database developers and database administrators simpler. Why Database Automation? Database automation refers...

In Severalnines’ recent release of ClusterControl version 1.8.2 we have introduced a lot of sophisticated features and changes. One of the important features is the newly improved User Management System, which covers New User and...

One of the security aspects of managing a database is to understand who accessed the database, when, and what did they do. Although we have already secured the MongoDB service,  we still want to know...

Auditing is a requirement for many security regulations or standards, like PCI - Payment Card Industry, and even a good way to keep your data as safe as possible knowing what is happening in your...