Step 4: Install MariaDB MaxScale
This page is part of MariaDB's Documentation.
The parent of this page is: Deploy Xpand Topology
Topics on this page:
Overview
This page details step 4 of the 6-step procedure "Deploy Xpand Topology".
This step installs MaxScale.
The MaxScale node must meet requirements.
Interactive commands are detailed. Alternatively, the described operations can be performed using automation.
Repository Setup
MariaDB Corporation provides a Community Repository to install MariaDB MaxScale with the YUM package manager on CentOS and RHEL.
This action is performed on the MaxScale node.
Configure YUM to install MaxScale 2.5 from the MariaDB Community Repository by executing the mariadb_--mariadb-maxscale-version="2.5"
:
$ sudo yum install curl
$ curl -LsSO https://r.mariadb.com/downloads/mariadb_repo_setup
$ echo "6083ef1974d11f49d42ae668fb9d513f7dc2c6276ffa47caed488c4b47268593 mariadb_repo_setup" \
| sha256sum -c -
$ chmod +x mariadb_repo_setup
$ sudo ./mariadb_repo_setup \
--skip-server \
--skip-tools \
--mariadb-maxscale-version="2.5"
Install MaxScale
Install Maxscale using YUM from the MariaDB Community Repository.
This action is performed on the MaxScale node.
To install MaxScale:
$ sudo yum install maxscale