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How To Set Up Multi-Master Replication Using Tungsten And MySQL-Proxy For MySQL High Availability On Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:01:08 +0100

How To Set Up Multi-Master Replication Using Tungsten And MySQL-Proxy For MySQL High Availability On Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS

This tutorial is based on my experience setting up Tungsten Replicator and MySQL-Proxy for a client's production setup.

Installing ehcp (Easy Hosting Control Panel) On Any Debian Or Apt-Get Based Distro, Including Ubuntu

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:50:34 +0200

Installing ehcp (Easy Hosting Control Panel) On Any Debian Or Apt-Get Based Distro, Including Ubuntu

In this tutorial I will show you howto install ehcp on any debian based distro, or any distro that has apt-get support. ehcp stands for Easy Hosting Control Panel. It may be used by anyone wanting to host multiple domains in his dedicated/vps server. It is a hosting control panel under development.

Securing the connection between MySQL and MySQL Administrator using an SSH tunnel

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:29:42 +0100

Securing the connection between MySQL and MySQL Administrator using an SSH tunnel

This is a description of how to set up a secure tunnel between your MySQL Server and a locally running MySQL Administrator using Putty. By creating a secure tunnel to your MySQL server using Putty, you can grant localhost access to powerful applications like MySQL Administrator while at the same time, make your server appear as if it isn't even there. In effect, make your MySQL server disappear from the outside world.

How to perform a point in time restoration using ZRM for MySQL

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:38:48 +0100

How to perform a point in time restoration using ZRM for MySQL

ZRM for MySQL is a powerful, flexible and robust backup and recovery solution for MySQL databases for all storage engines. With ZRM for MySQL a Database Administrator can automate logical or raw backup to a local or remote disk. In this How To, we attempt to explain how to recover from an user error at any given point in time.

How do I make my MySQL server use TCP connections instead of Unix sockets?

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:25:36 +0200

Comment out the option skip-networking in the file my.cnf which typically lies under /etc or /etc/mysql. Then restart your MySQL server:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql restart

/etc/init.d/mysql restart

With

netstat -ta

you can check if MySQL is reachable via TCP.

How do I restore a MySQL database from an sql dump?

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:21:00 +0200

If your MySQL user has a password:

mysql -h localhost -u [MySQL user, e.g. root] -p[database password] [name of the database] < [name of your sql dump, e.g. sqldump.sql]

Please note: there's no space between -p and the password!

If there's no password:

mysql -h localhost -u [MySQL user, e.g. root] [name of the database] < [name of your sql dump, e.g. sqldump.sql]

How do I make an sql dump of a MySQL database on the command line?

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:16:16 +0200

If your MySQL user has a password:

mysqldump -h localhost -u [MySQL user, e.g. root] -p[database password] -c --add-drop-table --add-locks --all --quick --lock-tables [name of the database] > sqldump.sql

Please note: there's no space between -p and the password!

If there's no password:

mysqldump -h localhost -u [MySQL user, e.g. root] -c --add-drop-table --add-locks --all --quick --lock-tables [name of the database] > sqldump.sql