Replicate from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL Database Service

January 26, 2021

MySQL Replication is a very common topology, widely used in various architecture.
People use it, among others, for High Availability, Read Scalability or Geographic Redundancy.

Another use case is to use MySQL Replication to seamlessly integrate a newer version of the server in your architecture.
Let’s say you are running MySQL 5.7 then you can easily setup a 8.0 instance as a replica of your 5.7.

Extending this idea it is also possible to replicate your MySQL 5.7 (or 8.0 obviously) to a MySQL Database Service instance, the true MySQL PaaS on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

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Create a Cloud Backup with MySQL Enterprise Backup

December 10, 2020
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Cloud backup is a strategy increasingly used in organizations. Send copies of your data to the cloud, can help you to prevent a devastating IT crisis and ensure business continuity.

Currently, MySQL Enterprise Backup supports the following types of cloud storage services:

– Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage

– OpenStack Swift or compatible object storage services

– Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) or compatible storage service

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MySQL 8.0.22 New Features Summary

November 10, 2020

Presentation of some of the new features of MySQL 8.0.22 released on October 19th, 2020.

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Automatic connection failover for Asynchronous Replication

November 5, 2020

Since MySQL 8.0.22 there is a mechanism in asynchronous replication that makes the receiver automatically try to re-establish an asynchronous replication connection to another sender, in case the current connection gets interrupted due to the failure of the current sender.

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Plan your MySQL upgrade

October 21, 2020

I’ve made a short video that will give you tips and tricks to successfully upgrade to MySQL 8

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MySQL 8.0.21 New Features Summary

August 27, 2020

Presentation of some of the new features of MySQL 8.0.21 released on July 13th, 2020.

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MySQL 8.0.20 New Features Summary

May 26, 2020

Presentation of some of the new features of MySQL 8.0.20 released on April 27th, 2020.

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MySQL Security – Dual Password Support

May 19, 2020

Dual-password capability makes it possible to seamlessly perform credential changes without downtime.

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MySQL Security – Failed-Login Tracking and Temporary Account Locking

May 12, 2020

DBA can configure user accounts such that too many consecutive login failures cause temporary account locking.

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MySQL Security – Password Verification-Required Policy

May 5, 2020

MySQL 8.0 has introduced an optional behavior that authorize users to change their password only if they could provide the current password.

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