Simple Backup Management of Galera Cluster Using s9s_backup
Percona XtraBackup is a great backup tool with lots of nice features to make online and consistent backups, although the variety of options can be a bit overwhelming. s9s_backup tries to make it simpler for...
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...
Integrating ClusterControl with FreeIPA and Windows Active Directory for Authentication
Integrating ClusterControl with a corporate LDAP directory is a common task for many IT organizations. In an earlier blog, we showed you how to integrate ClusterControl with OpenLDAP. In this post, we will show...
Database Automation – Private DBaaS for MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB with ClusterControl
Installing, configuring, deploying databases and performing repetitive administrative tasks are all part of a DBA’s or sysadmin’s job. This can get pretty repetitive and overwhelming if you are part of a centralized IT team,...
PagerDuty Incident Alerting for ClusterControl
Need to add phone and SMS alerting to ClusterControl? ClusterControl 1.2.8 introduces support for PagerDuty, an alerting service for Ops teams to schedule on-calls and add phone and SMS notifications to IT tools. By integrating PagerDuty with...
ClusterControl 1.2.8 Released
The Severalnines team is pleased to announce the release of ClusterControl 1.2.8. This release contains key new features along with performance improvements and bug fixes. We have outlined some of the key new features below. Highlights...
Puppet Module for ClusterControl – Adding Management and Monitoring to Your Existing Database Clusters
If you are automating your infrastructure using Puppet, then this blog is for you. We are glad to announce the availability of a Puppet module for ClusterControl. For those using Chef, we already published Chef cookbooks for...
Announcing ClusterControl Package Repository from Severalnines
We are excited to announce the availability of YUM/APT repositories for ClusterControl, making new releases of ClusterControl easily accessible using YUM or APT package managers. The repo is found at http://repo.severalnines.com, with instructions provided on the...
How to Manage All Your MySQL or MariaDB Databases
According to Forrester, a DBA in a large enterprise manages between 8 and 275 databases, with the industry average being 40 databases to a DBA. Larger databases usually require extra effort around tuning, backup,...
9 Tips for Going in Production with Galera Cluster for MySQL
Are you going in production with Galera Cluster for MySQL? Here are 9 tips to consider before going live. These are applicable to all 3 Galera versions (Codership, Percona XtraDB Cluster and MariaDB Galera Cluster)....
Announcing ClusterControl Support for MariaDB 10
We just wanted to make it official: Severalnines ClusterControl now supports MariaDB 10! As most of you know will know by now, MariaDB 10 is the newest and most advanced version of the popular MariaDB relational database...
Webinar Replay: Introducing ClusterControl 1.2.6 – Managing Your MySQL, MariaDB & MongoDB Clusters
Thanks to everyone who attended and participated last week’s joint webinar on ClusterControl 1.2.6! We had great questions from participants (thank you), most of which are transcribed below with our answers to...