MySQL Administration

Introduction

• MySQL Overview, Products, Services
• MySQL Services and Support
• Supported Operating Services
• Training Curriculum Paths
• MySQL Documentation Resources

• The client/server model
• Communication protocols
• The SQL Layer
• The Storage Layer
• How the server supports storage engines
• How MySQL uses memory and disk space
• The MySQL plug-in interface

• Choosing between types of MySQL distributions
• Installing the MySQL Server
• The MySQL Server installation file structure
• Starting and stopping the MySQL server
• Upgrading MySQL
• Running multiple MySQL servers on a single host

• MySQL server configuration options
• System variables
• SQL Modes
• Available log files
• Binary logging

• Available clients for administrative tasks
• MySQL administrative clients
• The mysql command-line client
• The mysqladmin command-line client
• The MySQL Workbench graphical client
• MySQL tools
• Available APIs (drivers and connectors)

• Major categories of data types
• Meaning of NULL
• Column attributes
• Character set usage with data types
• Choosing an appropriate data type

• Available metadata access methods
• Structure of INFORMATION_SCHEMA
• Using the available commands to view metadata
• Differences between SHOW statements and INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables
• The mysqlshow client program
• Using INFORMATION_SCHEMA queries to create shell commands and SQL statements

• Using transaction control statement to run multiple SQL statements concurrently
• The ACID properties of transactions
• Transaction isolation levels
• Using locking to protect transactions

• Storage engines in MySQL
• InnoDB storage engine
• InnoDB system and file-per-table tablespaces
• NoSQL and the Memcached API
• Configuring tablespaces efficiently
• Using foreign keys to attain referential integrity
• InnoDB locking
• Features of available storage engines

• Partitioning and its use in MySQL
• Reasons for using partitioning
• Types of partitioning
• Creating partitioned tables
• Subpartitioning
• Obtaining partition metadata
• Modifying partitions to improve performance
• Storage Engine Support of Partitioning

• Requirements for user authentication
• Using SHOW PROCESSLIST to show which threads are running
• Creating, modifying and dropping user accounts
• Alternative authentication plugins
• Requirements for user authorization
• Levels of access privileges for users
• Types of privileges
• Granting, modifying and revoking user privileges

• Recognizing common security risks
• Security risks specific to the MySQL installation
• Security problems and counter-measures for network, operating system, filesystem and users
• Protecting your data
• Using SSL for secure MySQL server connections
• How SSH enables a secure remote connection to the MySQL server
• Finding additional information for common security issues

• Types of table maintenance operations
• SQL statements for table maintenance
• Client and utility programs for table maintenance
• Maintaining tables for other storage engines
• Exporting and Importing Data
• Exporting Data
• Importing Data

• Creating and executing Stored Routines
• Describing stored routine execution security
• Creating and executing triggers
• Creating, altering and dropping events
• Event execution scheduling

• Backup basics
• Types of backup
• Backup tools and utilities
• Making binary and text backups
• Role of log and status files in backups
• Data Recovery

• Managing the MySQL Binary Log
• MySQL replication threads and files
• Setting up a MySQL Replication Environment
• Designing Complex Replication Topologies
• Multi-Master and Circular Replication
• Performing a Controlled Switchover
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting MySQL Replication
• Replication with Global Transaction Identifiers (GTIDs)

• Using EXPLAIN to Analyze Queries
• General Table Optimizations
• Monitoring status variables that affect performance
• Setting and Interpreting MySQL server Variables
• Overview of Performance Schema