MySQL Administration Training Course

Introduction

• Overview of MySQL, its products, and services
• MySQL service offerings and support options
• Supported operating systems
• Recommended training 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 installations
• Running multiple MySQL 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 interface
• Essential MySQL tools
• Available APIs (drivers and connectors)

Data Types

• Primary categories of data types
• Understanding the meaning of NULL
• Column attributes
• Character set usage with data types
• Selecting appropriate data types

Obtaining Metadata

• Methods for accessing metadata
• The structure of INFORMATION_SCHEMA
• Commands for viewing metadata
• Distinguishing between SHOW statements and INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables
• The mysqlshow client program
• Generating shell commands and SQL statements from INFORMATION_SCHEMA queries

Transactions and Locking

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

Storage Engines

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

Partitioning

• The application of partitioning in MySQL
• Benefits of using partitioning
• Different types of partitioning
• Creating partitioned tables
• Subpartitioning concepts
• Retrieving partition metadata
• Modifying partitions for performance improvement
• Partitioning support across storage engines

User Management

• Authentication requirements
• Monitoring running threads with SHOW PROCESSLIST
• Creating, modifying, and removing user accounts
• Alternative authentication plugins
• Authorization requirements
• Hierarchy of user access privileges
• Categories of privileges
• Granting, altering, and revoking user privileges

Security

• Identifying common security risks
• Security vulnerabilities specific to MySQL deployments
• Countermeasures for network, OS, filesystem, and user security issues
• Data protection strategies
• Implementing SSL for secure MySQL server connections
• Using SSH for secure remote connections to the MySQL server
• Sources for additional security information

Table Maintenance

• Varieties of table maintenance operations
• SQL commands for table maintenance
• Client and utility programs for maintenance tasks
• Maintaining tables for different 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

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

Replication

• Managing the MySQL Binary Log
• MySQL replication threads and associated files
• Configuring a MySQL Replication Environment
• Designing complex replication topologies
• Multi-Master and Circular Replication strategies
• Executing a controlled switchover
• Monitoring and troubleshooting MySQL replication
• Replication using Global Transaction Identifiers (GTIDs)

Introduction to Performance Tuning

• Analyzing queries with EXPLAIN
• General table optimization techniques
• Monitoring status variables for performance impact
• Configuring and interpreting MySQL server variables
• Overview of the Performance Schema

Conclusion

Q&A Session