In the process of enhancing MySQL replication with new features for our users, we also improve the internals. A lot of work goes also to modernize the codebase and make it easier to maintain and obviously extend as well.
In MySQL 8.0.18,…
Automatic member fencing with OFFLINE_MODE in Group Replication
Group Replication enables you to create fault-tolerant systems with redundancy by replicating the system state to a set of servers. Even if some of the servers subsequently fail, as long it is not all or a majority, the system is still available.…
Support for TLS 1.3 in Group Replication
In MySQL 8.0.18, we enhanced the Group Communication System (GCS) layer used by Group Replication (GR) with the ability to use and configure member-to-member connections using TLS v1.3. Therefore, you can secure further your system’s communication with the latest security algorithms.…
Replication with restricted privileges
Up until MySQL 8.0.18, the slave executes replicated transactions without checking privileges. It does so to be able to apply everything that its upstream server (the master) tells it to. In practice this means that the slave fully trusts its master.…
MySQL 8.0.18 Replication Enhancements
The latest MySQL 8.0 release is out. That is MySQL 8.0.18. We have some new replication enhancements and some work done on replication internals in this release that we would like to highlight and celebrate with our users. Here is a quick summary.…
Improved handling of different member versions in Group Replication
For optimal compatibility and performance, all members of a group should run the same version of MySQL Server and therefore of Group Replication. However, in some situations, it may be required to that a group contains servers running different versions. For example, during a rolling upgrade.…
Binary Log Encryption: Encryption of Temporary Capture Files
In MySQL 8.0.14 we introduced binary log encryption at rest. When enabled, this feature makes sure that binary log files generated by the server are encrypted as soon as they hit persistent storage.
As of MySQL 8.0.17 transient files created by the server for capturing the changes that end up in the binary log stream are also encrypted.…
mysqlbinlog: support for protocol compression
We are happy to share with you that the mysqlbinlog tool has been enhanced. Starting on 8.0.17, the user can instruct the mysqlbinlog tool to negotiate, with the server that it connects to, whether to use protocol compression or not.
Since MySQL 5.6,…
A Breakthrough in Usability – Automatic Node Provisioning
As announced in the previous blog post, MySQL InnoDB Cluster just got a very much requested feature which makes a complete, out-of-the-box, easy-to-use and versatile HA solution – Automatic Node Provisioning.
InnoDB cluster users can now rely on it for every single step of cluster deployment and management.…
Automatic provisioning in Group Replication
With the release of version 8.0.17 of MySQL, we bring to you the brand new Clone plugin. Allowing you to get physical snapshots of data stored in InnoDB, this new plugin is an ideal addition to your Group Replication setup.
When joining a new server into a running replication group, a manual offline provisioning procedure was required in most cases as a tool to execute this step in the context of distributed recovery was missing.…