Physical/Cold Backup This backup method, also known as a cold backup, involves making a physical copy of MySQL instance files to a backup location. No backup tool is required; only a simple Unix-based command is used. It’s considered the safest way to preserve your MySQL instance. In this backup method, you’ll back up the…
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MySQL User Administration
DBA Account Up until now, we’ve predominantly used the root account on localhost for database management. However, as we expand access to remote users, it’s essential to understand how to establish non-root user accounts for remote access. This setup will allow users to connect via various clients like the standard MySQL Client, the newer MySQL…
Exploring MySQL Server
MySQL Architecture MySQL Architecture is divided into layers , its quit simple but for now we will focus on outer layer ‘End-User/Client Layer’ and ‘physical storage’ End-User/Client Layer: This is where applications or tools that need to work with MySQL, like scripts, come in. They use something called a MySQL connector—a type of software that…
MySQL installation and removing
installing Mysql 8 community edition involve below steps 1.Add MySQL Repository package. 2. Install MySQL Community Server from the repository. 3. Enable MySQL server to auto-start. 4. Start MySQL server. 5 .Verify if MySQL is running. Follow the steps in the provided link to add the repository and install MySQL. click here installing MySQL percona…
Basic MySQL Database Administration
Storing MySQL Authentication Credentials mysql_config_editor:⭐️ we can create encrypted file that contain root credential , so root doesn’t have to fill password each time it connect to MySQL mysql_config_editor is one of MySQL executable programmes that configure, it configure the authentication information in a hidden file of the current user’s directory. the hidden file name…
MySQL Storage Engines
Storage Engines MySQL supports a variety of table types to cater to different needs: To manage these diverse table types, MySQL uses different components known as storage engines. These engines are responsible for handling SQL operations for the tables. The storage engines include: MySQL employs a Pluggable Storage Engine architecture, which allows for the dynamic…

