How to Manage Configuration Templates for Your Databases With ClusterControl
ClusterControl makes it easy to deploy a database setup - just fill in some values (database vendor, database data directory, password and hostnames) in the deployment wizard and you’re good to go. The rest of...
Video: An Overview of the Features & Functions of ClusterControl
The video below demonstrates the top features and functions included in ClusterControl. ClusterControl is an all-inclusive database management system that lets you easily deploy, monitor, manage and scale highly available open source databases on-premise...
Automatic Failover of MySQL Replication – New in ClusterControl 1.4
MySQL replication setups are inevitably related to failovers. Unlike multi-master clusters like Galera, there is one single writer in a whole setup - the master. If the master fails, one of the slaves will have...
Deploy and Configure ProxySQL on Top of MySQL Replication Using ClusterControl
A proxy layer is an important building block for any highly available database environment. HAProxy has been available for a long time, as a generic TCP load balancer. We later added support for MaxScale, an...
MongoDB features in ClusterControl 1.4
Our latest release of ClusterControl turns some of the most troublesome MongoDB tasks into a mere 15 second job. New features have been added to give you more control over your cluster and perform topology...
Evolution of ClusterControl for MySQL & MongoDB
ClusterControl reduces complexity of managing your database infrastructure on premise or in the cloud, while adding support for new technologies; enabling you to truly automate mixed environments for next-level applications. Since the launch of ClusterControl...
Automating MySQL Replication with ClusterControl 1.4.0 – What's New
With the recent release of ClusterControl 1.4.0, we added a bunch of new features to better support MySQL replication users. In this blog post, we’ll give you a quick overview of the new features. Enhanced...
ClusterControl 1.4 – the MySQL Replication & MongoDB Edition
Today we are pleased to announce the 1.4 release of ClusterControl - the all-inclusive database management system that lets you easily deploy, monitor, manage and scale highly available open source databases in any environment; on-premise...
How to use the ClusterControl Query Monitor for MySQL, MariaDB and Percona Server
The MySQL database workload is determined by the number of queries that it processes. There are several situations in which MySQL slowness can originate. The first possibility is if there is any queries that are...
Secure MongoDB and Protect Yourself From the Ransom Hack
In this blogpost we look at the recent concerns around MongoDB ransomware and security issues, and how to mitigate this threat to your own MongoDB instance. Recently, various security blogs raised concern that a hacker...
Tips and Tricks – How to Shard MySQL With ProxySQL in ClusterControl
Having too large a (write) workload on a master is dangerous. If the master collapses and a failover happens to one of its slave nodes, the slave node could collapse under the write pressure as...
The DevOps Guide to Database Backups for MySQL and MariaDB
This week we’re happy to announce that our new DevOps Guide to Database Backups for MySQL & MariaDB is now available for download (free)! This guide discusses in detail the two most popular backup...