MySQL Administration Training Course

Introduction

• Overview of MySQL, its products, and services
• MySQL services and support structures
• Supported operating systems
• Training curriculum pathways
• MySQL documentation resources

MySQL Architecture

• The client-server model
• Communication protocols
• The SQL layer
• The storage layer
• How the server supports storage engines
• Memory and disk space utilization in MySQL
• The MySQL plug-in interface

System Administration

• Selecting the appropriate MySQL distribution type
• Installing the MySQL Server
• MySQL Server installation file structure
• Starting and stopping the MySQL server
• Upgrading MySQL instances
• 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

• Clients available for administrative tasks
• MySQL administrative clients
• The mysql command-line client
• The mysqladmin command-line client
• The MySQL Workbench graphical interface
• MySQL utility tools
• Available APIs (drivers and connectors)

Data Types

• Major categories of data types
• The concept of NULL
• Column attributes
• Character set usage 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
• Using INFORMATION_SCHEMA queries to generate shell commands and SQL statements

Transactions and Locking

• Using transaction control statements to execute multiple SQL statements concurrently
• ACID properties of transactions
• Transaction isolation levels
• Using locking mechanisms to protect transactions

Storage Engines

• Storage engines in MySQL
• The InnoDB storage engine
• InnoDB system and file-per-table tablespaces
• NoSQL and the Memcached API
• Efficient tablespace configuration
• Using foreign keys to ensure referential integrity
• 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
• Retrieving partition metadata
• Modifying partitions to enhance performance
• Storage engine support for partitioning

User Management

• Requirements for user authentication
• Using SHOW PROCESSLIST to monitor running threads
• Creating, modifying, and dropping user accounts
• Alternative authentication plugins
• Requirements for user authorization
• Levels of user access privileges
• Types of privileges
• Granting, modifying, and revoking user privileges

Security

• Identifying common security risks
• Security risks specific to MySQL installations
• Security issues and countermeasures for networks, OS, filesystems, and users
• Data protection strategies
• Using SSL for secure MySQL server connections
• Enabling secure remote connections via SSH
• Resources for common security issues

Table Maintenance

• Types of table maintenance operations
• SQL statements for table maintenance
• Client and utility programs for maintenance tasks
• Maintaining tables with other storage engines
• Data export and import procedures
• 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 backups
• Types of backups
• Backup tools and utilities
• Performing binary and text backups
• The role of log and status files in backups
• Data recovery processes

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 a controlled switchover
• Monitoring and troubleshooting MySQL replication
• Replication using Global Transaction Identifiers (GTIDs)

Introduction to Performance Tuning

• Using EXPLAIN to analyze queries
• General table optimization techniques
• Monitoring status variables that impact performance
• Configuring and interpreting MySQL server variables
• Overview of the Performance Schema

Conclusion

Q&A Session