Release tests are typically one of the steps in the whole deployment process. You write the code, and then you verify how it behaves on a staging environment, and then, finally, you deploy the new...

If you’ve ever used MySQL, chances are you probably took backups of your database. If you took backups of your database, chances are you have at least once thought of how you could secure them....

If you’ve been working with MySQL for some time, you have probably heard the terms “table-level locking” and “row-level locking”. These terms refer to the lock granularity in MySQL - in this blog we will...

Database automation helps make complex and time consuming tasks simple and fast. The tasks most commonly and easily identified for automation are those that are time-consuming yet repetitive. These often consume productivity, and can affect...

Nowadays, database automation is a very hot topic. Database automation, simply speaking, refers to leveraging processes and tools to make administrative tasks for database developers and database administrators simpler. Why Database Automation? Database automation refers...

In Severalnines’ recent release of ClusterControl version 1.8.2 we have introduced a lot of sophisticated features and changes. One of the important features is the newly improved User Management System, which covers New User and...

MariaDB’s Audit Plugin provides auditing functionality for not only MariaDB but MySQL as well (as of, version 5.5.34 and 10.0.7) and Percona Server. MariaDB started including by default the Audit Plugin from versions 10.0.10 and...

MySQL installation security is something that should be on the  mind of every MySQL DBA. While we have discussed how you should take care of your MySQL security as a whole (take a look at...

In a database management system (DBMS), role-based access controls (RBAC), is a restriction on database resources based on a set of pre-defined groups of privileges and has become one of the main methods for advanced...

Security is paramount today across the whole of IT. From time to time we hear about ransomware attacks or data leaks that have their origin in not secured databases or IT infrastructure. You may wonder:...

Running a Galera Cluster in a hybrid cloud should consist of at least two different geographical sites, connecting hosts in the on-premises or private cloud with the ones in the public cloud. Whether you use...

Database encryption provides enhanced security for your at-rest and in-transit data. Many organizations have started to look at data encryption seriously with recent security breach cases. In most cases, database servers are a common target...