Deploying and Managing PostgreSQL 11: New in ClusterControl 1.7.1
A few days ago was the release of a new version of ClusterControl, the 1.7.1, where we can see several new features, one of the main ones being the support for PostgreSQL 11. To install...
Raising the Bar on MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL & MongoDB Management
I’d like to take advantage of the quiet days between holidays to look back on 2018 at Severalnines as we continue to advance automation and management of the world’s most popular open source databases: MySQL,...
Webinar Replay: Backup Management for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL & MongoDB with ClusterControl
Thanks to everyone who participated in this week’s webinar on ‘Backup Management with ClusterControl’. The replay is now available to watch online as well as the slide deck. If you feel frustrated by traditional, labour-intensive...
Percona Live Frankfurt 2018 – Event Recap & Our Sessions
Severalnines was pleased to yet again sponsor Percona Live Europe which was held this year in Frankfurt, Germany. Thanks to the Percona Team for having us and the great organisation. At the Conference Severalnines team...
Best Practices for Database Backups
Backups - one of the most important things to take care of while managing databases. It is said there are two types of people - those who backup their data and those who will backup...
Effective Monitoring of MySQL With SCUMM Dashboards: Part 3
We discussed in our previous blogs about the MySQL-related dashboards. We highlighted the things that a DBA can benefit from by studying the graphs, especially when performing their daily routines from diagnostics, metric reporting, and...
How to Create a Single Endpoint for Your PostgreSQL Replication Setup using HAProxy
Managing traffic to the database can get harder and harder as it increases in amount and the database is actually distributed across multiple servers. PostgreSQL clients usually talk to a single endpoint. When a primary...
SQL Firewalling Made Easy with ClusterControl & ProxySQL
Reading the title of this blog post may raise some questions. SQL firewall - what is that? What does it do? Why would I need something like that in the first place? Well, the ability...
Choosing a Database Proxy for MySQL & MariaDB
We’re happy to announce that our new whitepaper Choosing a Database Proxy for MySQL and MariaDB is now available to download for free! Load balancing and high availability go hand-in-hand. Without them, you are left...
Effective Monitoring of MySQL With SCUMM Dashboards: Part One
We added a number of new dashboards for MySQL in our latest release of ClusterControl 1.7.0. - and in our previous blog, we showed you How to Monitor Your ProxySQL with Prometheus and ClusterControl. In...
Creating an Advisor to Check for SELinux and Meltdown/Spectre: Part Two
In part 1 of this blog, we showed you how to integrate a basic check with SELinux modes. In this part 2 blog, we’ll discuss and go over with Meltdown/Spectre integration to our Advisors, set...
Using ClusterControl Advisor to Create Checks for SELinux and Meltdown/Spectre: Part One
We previously showed you how to create your first database advisor in ClusterControl. Now let’s see how we can create a security advisor to check for SELinux and Meltdown/Spectre. We will be using the ClusterControl...