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How To Back Up MySQL Databases With mylvmbackup On Ubuntu 8.10

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:21:54 +0100

How To Back Up MySQL Databases With mylvmbackup On Ubuntu 8.10

mylvmbackup is a Perl script for quickly creating MySQL backups. It uses LVM's snapshot feature to do so. To perform a backup, mylvmbackup obtains a read lock on all tables and flushes all server caches to disk, creates a snapshot of the volume containing the MySQL data directory, and unlocks the tables again. This article shows how to use it on an Ubuntu 8.10 server.

ZRM 2.1: Backing Up MySQL Partitioned Tables

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:16:45 +0100

ZRM 2.1: Backing Up MySQL Partitioned Tables

MySQL 5.1 is generally available for production use. One of the key features of MySQL 5.1 is partitioning. This how to shows how to install and configure Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL (ZRM) 2.1 to perform backup and recovery of MySQL partitioned tables.

Setting Up Master-Master Replication On Four Nodes With MySQL 5 On Debian Etch

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:09:58 +0100

Setting Up Master-Master Replication On Four Nodes With MySQL 5 On Debian Etch

This tutorial explains how you can set up MySQL master-master replication on four MySQL nodes (running on Debian Etch). The difference to a two node master-master replication is that if you have more than two nodes, the replication goes in a circle, i.e., with four nodes, the replication goes from node1 to node2, from node2 to node3, from node3 to node4, and from node4 to node1.

The Umlaut Problem - How To Successfully Back Up And Restore MySQL Databases With Special Characters Using MySQLDumper

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:56:02 +0100

The Umlaut Problem - How To Successfully Back Up And Restore MySQL Databases With Special Characters Using MySQLDumper

There are lots of forums with heaps of reports of umlauts or other special characters being displayed erroneously. Attempts to help come from many sides, but hardly anyone seems to have a really complete picture of the problem. Even web hosts' support hotlines seem to reach their limit of knowledge with this one. There are incredible amounts of half-truths. They prove correct in certain circumstances, but they do not help all people. Simply because setups vary so much. In my role as developer of MySQLDumper I naturally spent a lot of time evaluating this situation. And I now believe to be able to offer a complete overview which covers the different aspects of this problem. A lot, and I mean a lot of research has gone into the explanations in this article.

Creating MySQL Backups With AutoMySQLBackup

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:33:21 +0100

Creating MySQL Backups With AutoMySQLBackup

AutoMySQLBackup is a shell script that lets you take daily, weekly and monthly backups of your MySQL databases using mysqldump. It can back up multiple databases, compress the backups, back up remote databases, and email the logs.

Preventing MySQL Injection Attacks With GreenSQL On Debian Etch

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:10:16 +0100

Preventing MySQL Injection Attacks With GreenSQL On Debian Etch

GreenSQL (or greensql-fw) is a firewall for MySQL databases that filters SQL injection attacks. It works as a reverse proxy, i.e., it takes the SQL queries, checks them, passes them on to the MySQL database and delivers back the result from the MySQL database. It comes with a web interface (called greensql-console) so that you can manage GreenSQL through a web browser. This guide shows how you can install GreenSQL and its web interface on a Debian Etch server.

Shell Script To Back Up All MySQL Databases, Each Table In An Individual File And Upload To Remote FTP

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:15:57 +0200

Shell Script To Back Up All MySQL Databases, Each Table In An Individual File And Upload To Remote FTP

This script will create a backup of each table in every database (one file per table), compress it and upload it to a remote ftp.

Script To Check If MySQL Master Master Replication Is Working Correctly

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:14:12 +0200

Script To Check If MySQL Master Master Replication Is Working Correctly

This short article explains how you can use a short script to check whether your MySQL master master replication is working as expected or not.

Tuning MySQL Performance with MySQLTuner

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:00:28 +0200

Tuning MySQL Performance with MySQLTuner

MySQLTuner is a Perl script that analyzes your MySQL performance and, based on the statistics it gathers, gives recommendations which variables you should adjust in order to increase performance. That way, you can tune your my.cnf file to tease out the last bit of performance from your MySQL server and make it work more efficiently.

Apache2: Logging To A MySQL Database With mod_log_sql (Debian Etch)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:39:52 +0200

Apache2: Logging To A MySQL Database With mod_log_sql (Debian Etch)

This guide shows how you can write the Apache2 access log to a MySQL database instead of a file. To achieve this, I use the Apache2 module mod_log_sql. I'm using a Debian Etch server in this tutorial.

Installing MySQL Proxy On CentOS 5 (FINAL) x86_64

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:46:00 +0200

Installing MySQL Proxy On CentOS 5 (FINAL) x86_64

This tutorial explains how you can install MySQL Proxy on a CentOS 5 (x86_64) system. MySQL Proxy is a simple program that sits between your client and MySQL server(s) that can monitor, analyze or transform their communication. Its flexibility allows for unlimited uses; common ones include: load balancing; failover; query analysis; query filtering and modification; and many more.

How To Set Up WebDAV With MySQL Authentication On Apache2 (Debian Etch)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:08:29 +0200

How To Set Up WebDAV With MySQL Authentication On Apache2 (Debian Etch)

This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with MySQL authentication (using mod_auth_mysql) on Apache2 on a Debian Etch server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the Apache server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP. Of course, WebDAV can also be used to upload and download files.

How To Set Up A Load-Balanced MySQL Cluster With MySQL 5.1

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:21:08 +0200

How To Set Up A Load-Balanced MySQL Cluster With MySQL 5.1

This tutorial is based on Falko Timme's tutorial for MySQL Cluster 5.0. It shows how to configure a MySQL 5.1 cluster with five nodes: 1 x management, 2 x storage nodes and 2 x balancer nodes. This cluster is load-balanced by an Ultra Monkey package which provides heartbeat (for checking if the other node is still alive) and ldirectord (to split up the requests to the nodes of the MySQL cluster).

How To Repair MySQL Replication

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:10:38 +0200

How To Repair MySQL Replication

If you have set up MySQL replication, you probably know this problem: sometimes there are invalid MySQL queries which cause the replication to not work anymore. In this short guide I explain how you can repair the replication on the MySQL slave without the need to set it up from scratch again.

Quick 'n' Easy LAMP Server For CentOS/RHEL

Wed, 28 May 2008 20:16:17 +0200

Quick 'n' Easy LAMP Server For CentOS/RHEL

This tutorial shows a quick way of installing a LAMP server (Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP/Perl together commonly known as LAMP Server.) on CentOS and RHEL server systems.