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January 17, 2020
Group Replication in Percona Server for MySQL
Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.18 ships all functionality to run Group Replication and InnoDB Cluster setups, so I decided to [...]
January 15, 2020
Using Flame Graphs to Process Outputs From pt-pmp
In a previous post Profiling Software Using perf and Flame Graphs, we took a look at how to generate Flame [...]
January 15, 2020
Changing the Default Admin Password in Docker-Based Deployment of PMM2
April 2021 Update: From Percona Monitoring and Management 2.27, the procedure is now simplified and it is possible by running: [...]
January 14, 2020
Implementing Distributed MongoDB Backups Without the Coordinator
Prior to version 1.0, Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM) had a separate coordinator daemon as a key part of its [...]
January 10, 2020
MySQL 8 Minor Version Upgrades Are ONE-WAY Only
In the many years we have used MySQL, we got accustomed to the fact that upgrades from MySQL 5.7.11 to [...]
January 10, 2020
How to Use ProxySQL 2 on Percona XtraDB Cluster for Failover
If you are thinking of using ProxySQL in our Percona XtraDB Cluster environment, I’ll explain how to use ProxySQL 2 [...]
January 9, 2020
MySQL Distributed Logical Backups: a Proof of Concept
The importance of having periodic backups is a given in Database life. There are different flavors: binary ones (Percona XtraBackup), [...]
January 9, 2020
Permissions Issue When Upgrading MongoDB with Custom dbPath or logPath
In Linux distributions, installing MongoDB for the first time using rpm/dpkg will create a conf file, dbPath, logPath and the [...]
January 8, 2020
Updated Percona Server for MongoDB, Kubernetes Operator, Alternative Install for PMM 2.2.0:Release Roundup 1/8/2020
It’s release roundup time here at Percona! We publish quite a few updates to our software and services, so we [...]
January 6, 2020
Data Masking in Percona Server for MySQL to Protect Sensitive Data
Starting with Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.17, Percona Server ships with a data masking plugin, using the same API as [...]
January 5, 2020
Webinar January 19: MongoDB Atlas vs Managed Community Edition
Join Rick Vasquez, Chief of Staff to the CXO, for an engaging webinar on MongoDB Atlas vs Managed Community Edition! [...]
January 3, 2020
PMM 2.2 Released with Full Support for Amazon RDS and Aurora
Percona Monitoring and Management 2.2 (PMM) was released on December 24th with new features and updates designed to help you [...]
December 27, 2019
MySQL Docker Containers: Quick Async Replication Test Setup
This blog discusses a few concepts about Docker and how we can use it to run a MySQL async replication [...]
December 19, 2019
MySQL Encryption: Master Key Encryption in InnoDB
In the previous blog post of this series, MySQL Encryption: Talking About Keyrings, I described how keyrings work. In this [...]
December 19, 2019
Grafana Plugins and Percona Monitoring and Management
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is built upon the shoulder of giants like Prometheus and Grafana. And speaking of Grafana, [...]
December 18, 2019
Webinar 12/20: Pros and Cons of PCI/DSS Certification with MySQL
This talk uncovers which tools/plugins/settings you need to use to comply with PCI/DSS when using MySQL. Gain a solid grasp [...]
December 17, 2019
Updated XtraDB Cluster, XtraBackup, Percona Servers, New Features in Kubernetes Operator: Release Roundup 12/17/2019
It’s release roundup time here at Percona! We publish quite a few updates to our software and services every week, [...]
December 17, 2019
Percona Backup for MongoDB in Action
We recently released Percona Backup for MongoDB(PBM) as GA. It’s our open source tool for taking a consistent backup of [...]
December 17, 2019
Webinar 12/19: Top 3 Features of MySQL
MySQL has been ranked as the second most popular database since 2012 according to DB-Engines. Three features help it retain [...]
December 9, 2019
MySQL Encryption: Talking About Keyrings
It has been possible to enable Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) in Percona Server for MySQL/MySQL for a while now, but [...]