MySQL Administration Training Course

Introduction

• Overview of MySQL products and services
• MySQL support offerings
• Supported operating systems
• Available training curriculum paths
• Resources for MySQL documentation

MySQL Architecture

• The client-server model
• Communication protocols
• The SQL layer
• The storage layer
• Server support for storage engines
• Management of memory and disk space by MySQL
• The MySQL plugin interface

System Administration

• Selecting the appropriate MySQL distribution
• Installing the MySQL Server
• Structure of the MySQL server installation files
• Starting and stopping the MySQL server
• Upgrading MySQL
• Running multiple MySQL servers on a single host

Server Configuration

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

Clients and Tools

• Administrative client options
• 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
• Understanding NULL values
• Column attributes
• Using character sets with data types
• Selecting appropriate data types

Obtaining Metadata

• Methods for accessing metadata
• Structure of the INFORMATION_SCHEMA
• Using commands to view metadata
• Differences between SHOW statements and INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables
• The mysqlshow client program
• Utilizing INFORMATION_SCHEMA queries to generate shell commands and SQL statements

Transactions and Locking

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

Storage Engines

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

Partitioning

• Partitioning concepts and usage in MySQL
• Benefits of using partitioning
• Types of partitioning
• Creating partitioned tables
• Subpartitioning strategies
• Retrieving partition metadata
• Modifying partitions to enhance performance
• Storage engine support for partitioning

User Management

• Requirements for user authentication
• Using SHOW PROCESSLIST to monitor active threads
• 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

Security

• Identifying common security risks
• Security risks specific to MySQL installations
• Addressing security issues and countermeasures for networks, operating systems, file systems, and users
• Data protection strategies
• Using SSL for secure MySQL server connections
• Leveraging SSH for secure remote MySQL server access
• Locating additional resources for common security issues

Table Maintenance

• 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
• Data export techniques
• Data import techniques

Programming Inside MySQL

• Creating and executing stored routines
• Security aspects of stored routine execution
• Creating and executing triggers
• Creating, altering, and dropping events
• Scheduling event execution

MySQL Backup and Recovery

• Backup fundamentals
• Types of backup strategies
• Backup tools and utilities
• Performing 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
• Executing controlled switchover
• Monitoring and troubleshooting MySQL replication
• Replication using Global Transaction Identifiers (GTIDs)

Introduction to Performance Tuning

• Analyzing queries using EXPLAIN
• General table optimization techniques
• Monitoring performance-affecting status variables
• Setting and interpreting MySQL server variables
• Overview of the Performance Schema

Conclusion

Q&A Session