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August 23, 2021
PostgreSQL Database Security: OS – Authentication
Security is everybody’s concern when talking about data and information, and therefore it becomes the main foundation of every database. [...]
July 8, 2021
Authenticate Percona Server for MongoDB Users via Native LDAP
Percona Server for MongoDB supports two different ways of authenticating against an LDAP service: operating system libraries (aka Native LDAP) [...]
June 28, 2021
Enabling SSL/TLS Sessions In PgBouncer
PgBouncer is a great piece of technology! Over the years I’ve put it to good use in any number of [...]
June 18, 2021
ProxySQL-Admin 2.x: Encryption of Credential Information
Starting with the release of proxysql-admin 2.0.15, the proxysql-admin 2.x series can now encrypt the credentials needed to access proxysql [...]
June 15, 2021
MySQL Static and Dynamic Privileges (Part 2)
When organizing things helps to simplify life. In the previous article, we start to explore dynamic privileges and the interaction [...]
June 10, 2021
Distributed Grant Management Using MongoDBAuthorizationGrant
MongoDB supports multiple authentication mechanisms, including the default one SCRAM, LDAP, Kerberos, and x.509 Certificate Authentication. In the X.509 system, [...]
June 2, 2021
Using the MongoDB Field Encryption Feature
One of the main topics we have today is surely about security. On a daily routine, this can pass unnoticed, [...]
February 1, 2021
PostgreSQL Database Security: Authentication
Recently, I wrote an overview about what you need to know about PostgreSQL security. For this post, I want to [...]
January 20, 2021
Drain Kubernetes Nodes… Wisely
What is Node Draining? Anyone who ever worked with containers knows how ephemeral they are. In Kubernetes, not only can [...]
January 14, 2021
How to Store MySQL Audit Logs in MongoDB in a Maintenance-Free Setup
I was once helping one of our customers on how to load MySQL audit logs into a MySQL database and [...]
January 7, 2021
TAM Enterprise Experiences – Data Encryption
In previous TAM Enterprise Experiences posts, we have outlined typical aspects of utilizing MySQL in an Enterprise environment. One thing [...]
December 9, 2020
Enabling HTTPS Connections to Percona Monitoring and Management Using Custom Certificates
Whichever way you installed Percona Monitoring and Management 2 (PMM2), using the docker image or an OVF image for your [...]
December 7, 2020
Not Ready to Give Up MySQL 5.6? Get Post EOL Support from Percona!
As you may know, MySQL 5.6 will reach EOL (“End of Life”) in February 2021. This means in about two [...]
December 4, 2020
How to Configure MySQL SSL With Public Certificates
Getting MySQL working with self-signed SSL certificates is pretty simple. Having it working with a certificate signed by a trusted [...]
November 4, 2020
Running Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona XtraDB Cluster with Kata Containers
Kata containers are containers that use hardware virtualization technologies for workload isolation almost without performance penalties. Top use cases are [...]
September 30, 2020
Postgresql_fdw Authentication Changes in PostgreSQL 13
PostgreSQL 13 is released with some cool features, such as index enhancement, partition enhancements, and many others. Along with these [...]
September 29, 2020
Using Security Threat Tool and Alertmanager in Percona Monitoring and Management
With version 2.9.1 of Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) we delivered some new improvements to its Security Threat Tool (STT). [...]
September 22, 2020
Using Security Definer to Monitor PostgreSQL 9.6 or Earlier Using Percona Monitoring and Management
I have previously written a blog post on the detailed steps involved in enabling PostgreSQL monitoring using PMM. In that [...]
September 21, 2020
MongoDB 101: 5 Configuration Options That Impact Security (And How to Set Them)
As with any database platform, MongoDB security is of paramount importance to keeping your data safe. MongoDB and other data [...]
August 5, 2020
Why the Heck Are So Many Databases Being Breached, Leaked, and Hacked?
How many times have we seen this headline lately: “X million records leaked in data breach”? The answer is, too [...]