MySQL Administration Training Course

Introduction

• Overview of MySQL, its products, and services
• MySQL services and support structures
• Supported operating systems
• Training curriculum 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 appropriate MySQL distributions
• Installing the MySQL Server
• MySQL Server installation file structure
• Starting and stopping the MySQL server
• Upgrading MySQL versions
• Running multiple MySQL servers on a single host

Server Configuration

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

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 concept of NULL values
• Column attributes
• Character set usage with data types
• Selecting appropriate data types

Obtaining Metadata

• Methods for accessing metadata
• Structure of INFORMATION_SCHEMA
• Viewing metadata using available commands
• Differences between SHOW statements and INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables
• The mysqlshow client program
• Creating shell commands and SQL statements using INFORMATION_SCHEMA queries

Transactions and Locking

• Executing multiple SQL statements concurrently using transaction control statements
• The ACID properties of transactions
• Transaction isolation levels
• Using locking 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
• Achieving referential integrity using foreign keys
• InnoDB locking mechanisms
• Features of available storage engines

Partitioning

• Partitioning concepts and their application in MySQL
• Reasons for implementing partitioning
• Types of partitioning
• Creating partitioned tables
• Subpartitioning techniques
• Retrieving partition metadata
• Modifying partitions to enhance performance
• Storage Engine support for partitioning

User Management

• Requirements for user authentication
• Viewing running threads using SHOW PROCESSLIST
• Creating, modifying, and dropping user accounts
• Alternative authentication plugins
• Requirements for user authorization
• Levels of access privileges for users
• Categories of privileges
• Granting, modifying, and revoking user privileges

Security

• Identifying common security risks
• Security risks specific to MySQL installations
• Security issues and counter-measures for networks, operating systems, file systems, and users
• Data protection strategies
• Using SSL for secure MySQL server connections
• Enabling secure remote connections to the MySQL server via SSH
• Locating additional information 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
• Data export and import processes
• Exporting data
• Importing data

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 backups
• 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 associated 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 affect performance
• Setting and interpreting MySQL server variables
• Overview of Performance Schema

Conclusion

Q&A Session