MySQL Administration Training Course

Introduction

• Overview of MySQL, its products, and services
• MySQL service offerings and support
• Supported operating systems
• Recommended 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 usage in MySQL
• The MySQL plugin interface

System Administration

• Selecting the appropriate MySQL distribution
• Installing the MySQL Server
• Understanding the MySQL server installation file structure
• Starting and stopping the MySQL server
• Upgrading MySQL installations
• Running multiple MySQL server instances 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
• Essential MySQL tools
• Available APIs (drivers and connectors)

Data Types

• Major categories of data types
• The significance of NULL values
• Column attributes
• Character set usage with data types
• Selecting appropriate data types

Obtaining Metadata

• Methods for accessing metadata
• The structure of 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 for concurrent SQL execution
• The ACID properties of transactions
• Transaction isolation levels
• Using locking mechanisms to protect transactions

Storage Engines

• Overview of storage engines in MySQL
• 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

• Application of partitioning in MySQL
• Benefits and reasons for using partitioning
• Types of partitioning
• Creating partitioned tables
• Subpartitioning concepts
• 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 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 across networks, operating systems, filesystems, and users
• Data protection strategies
• Using SSL for secure MySQL server connections
• Establishing secure remote connections via SSH
• Resources for resolving common security issues

Table Maintenance

• Categories of table maintenance operations
• SQL statements for table maintenance
• Client and utility programs for maintenance tasks
• Maintaining tables across different storage engines
• Exporting and Importing Data
• Data export procedures
• Data import procedures

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

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

Introduction to Performance Tuning

• Analyzing queries using EXPLAIN
• 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