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April 15, 2021

Securing MySQL Backups: A Guide

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....

April 13, 2021

Understanding Lock Granularity in MySQL

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...

April 9, 2021

How to Get Started With Database Automation

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...

April 8, 2021

Considerations on Encryption for Data at Rest for MariaDB

Data security is crucial in times of GDPR, PCI DSS or HIPPA. To comply with the regulations, one has to exercise extreme caution regarding how the data should be stored and protected. Data, typically, can...

April 5, 2021

A Guide to Database Automation with Severalnines ClusterControl

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...

April 2, 2021

Enforcing Role-Based Access Controls with ClusterControl

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...

March 31, 2021

Tips and Trick using Audit Logging for MariaDB

MariaDB’s Audit Plugin provides auditing functionality for not only MariaDB but MySQL as well (as of, version 5.5.34 and 10.0.7) and Percona Server. MariaDB started including by default the Audit Plugin from versions 10.0.10 and...

March 29, 2021

Securing MySQL – Making Use of Data Access Privileges for a Secure Installation

MySQL installation security is something that should be on the  mind of every MySQL DBA. While we have discussed how you should take care of your MySQL security as a whole (take a look at...

March 23, 2021

Tips and Tricks for Implementing Database Role-Based Access Controls for MariaDB

In a database management system (DBMS), role-based access controls (RBAC), is a restriction on database resources based on a set of pre-defined groups of privileges and has become one of the main methods for advanced...

March 18, 2021

Disaster Recovery for Galera Cluster Deployed to a Hybrid Cloud

Running a Galera Cluster in a hybrid cloud should consist of at least two different geographical sites, connecting hosts in the on-premises or private cloud with the ones in the public cloud. Whether you use...

March 17, 2021

Database Encryption: Why and Where You Need to Have Data Encryption

Database encryption provides enhanced security for your at-rest and in-transit data. Many organizations have started to look at data encryption seriously with recent security breach cases. In most cases, database servers are a common target...

March 16, 2021

The DevOps Open-Source Database Audit Manual – Everything You Should Know

Auditing is the monitoring and recording of selected user database actions. It is typically used to investigate suspicious activity or monitor and gather data about specific database activities. For example, the database administrator can gather...

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