MySQL Administration Training Course

Introduction

• Overview of MySQL, its products, and services
• MySQL service offerings and support options
• 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
• How the server integrates storage engines
• Memory and disk space utilization in MySQL
• The MySQL plug-in interface

System Administration

• Selecting appropriate MySQL distribution types
• Installing the MySQL Server
• Understanding the MySQL Server file structure
• Starting and stopping the MySQL server
• Upgrading MySQL versions
• Running multiple MySQL 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
• MySQL utility tools
• Available APIs (drivers and connectors)

Data Types

• Major categories of data types
• The significance of NULL values
• Column attributes
• Character set considerations 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 various storage engines

Partitioning

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

User Management

• User authentication requirements
• Using SHOW PROCESSLIST to monitor running threads
• Creating, modifying, and removing user accounts
• Alternative authentication plugins
• User authorization requirements
• Hierarchy of access privileges
• Types of privileges
• Granting, modifying, and revoking user privileges

Security

• Identifying common security risks


• Security risks specific to MySQL installations
• Addressing security issues related to network, OS, filesystem, and users
• Strategies for data protection
• Using SSL for secure MySQL server connections
• Utilizing SSH for secure remote connections to the MySQL server
• Sourcing additional information for common security issues

Table Maintenance

• Categories of table maintenance operations
• SQL statements used for table maintenance
• Client and utility programs for table maintenance
• Maintaining tables across different storage engines
• Data Export and Import
• 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

• Fundamentals of backup processes
• Types of backups
• Backup tools and utilities
• Creating 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
• Implementing Multi-Master and Circular Replication
• Performing 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 status variables that impact performance
• Configuring and interpreting MySQL server variables
• Overview of the Performance Schema

Conclusion

Q&A Session