MySQL Administration Training Course

Introduction

• Overview of MySQL products and services
• MySQL service offerings and support options
• Supported operating systems
• Recommended learning paths
• Accessing MySQL documentation resources

MySQL Architecture

• The client/server model
• Communication protocols
• The SQL layer
• The storage layer
• Server support for storage engines
• Memory and disk space utilization in MySQL
• The MySQL plug-in interface

System Administration

• Selecting the appropriate MySQL distribution
• Installing the MySQL Server
• Understanding the MySQL Server file structure
• Starting and stopping the MySQL server
• Upgrading MySQL versions
• Running multiple MySQL server instances on a single host

Server Configuration

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

Clients and Tools

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

Data Types

• Major categories of data types
• The meaning of NULL values
• Column attributes
• Character set usage with data types
• Selecting the most appropriate data type

Obtaining Metadata

• Methods for accessing metadata
• The structure of INFORMATION_SCHEMA
• Using commands to view metadata
• Differences between SHOW statements and INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables
• The mysqlshow client program
• Generating shell commands and SQL statements using INFORMATION_SCHEMA queries

Transactions and Locking

• Using transaction control statements for concurrent SQL execution
• ACID properties of transactions
• Transaction isolation levels
• Using locking mechanisms to protect transactions

Storage Engines

• Storage engines in MySQL
• The InnoDB storage engine
• InnoDB system and file-per-table tablespaces
• NoSQL concepts and the Memcached API
• Efficient configuration of tablespaces
• Using foreign keys to ensure referential integrity
• InnoDB locking mechanisms
• Features of available storage engines

Partitioning

• Partitioning concepts and their application in MySQL
• Benefits of using partitioning
• Types of partitioning
• Creating partitioned tables
• Subpartitioning techniques
• Retrieving partition metadata
• Modifying partitions for performance improvement
• Partitioning support in storage engines

User Management

• User authentication requirements
• Using SHOW PROCESSLIST to monitor active threads
• Creating, modifying, and dropping user accounts
• Alternative authentication plugins
• User authorization requirements
• Levels of access privileges for users
• Types of privileges
• Granting, modifying, and revoking user privileges

Security

• Identifying common security risks
• Security risks specific to MySQL installations
• Security issues and countermeasures for networks, OS, filesystems, and users
• Data protection strategies
• Using SSL for secure MySQL server connections
• Enabling secure remote connections via SSH
• Resources for investigating common security issues

Table Maintenance

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

Programming Inside MySQL

• Creating and executing Stored Routines
• Security considerations for stored routine execution
• Creating and executing triggers
• Creating, altering, and dropping events
• Scheduling event execution

MySQL Backup and Recovery

• Backup fundamentals
• Types of backups
• Backup tools and utilities
• Creating binary and text backups
• The role of log and status files in backups
• Data recovery procedures

Replication

• 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)

Introduction to Performance Tuning

• Analyzing Queries using EXPLAIN
• General Table Optimizations
• Monitoring status variables that impact performance
• Configuring and interpreting MySQL server Variables
• Overview of Performance Schema

Conclusion

Q&A Session