Step 3: Start and Configure MariaDB Enterprise Server on Replica Servers
This page is part of MariaDB's Documentation.
The parent of this page is: Deploy Primary/Replica Topology with Enterprise Server 10.4
Topics on this page:
Overview
This page details step 3 of the 7-step procedure "Deploy Primary/Replica Topology".
This page starts and configures a MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4 to operate as a replica server in MariaDB Replication.
Interactive commands are detailed. Alternatively, the described operations can be performed using automation.
Stop the Enterprise Server Service
The installation process might have started the Enterprise Server service. The service should be stopped prior to making configuration changes.
On each Enterprise Server node, stop the MariaDB Enterprise Server service:
$ sudo systemctl stop mariadb
Configure Enterprise Server
Enterprise Server nodes require that you set the following system variables and options:
System Variable/Option | Description |
---|---|
The network socket Enterprise Server listens on for incoming TCP/IP client connections. On Debian or Ubuntu, this system variable must be set to override the 127.0.0.1 default configuration. | |
Enables binary logging and sets the name of the binlog file. | |
Unique numeric identifier for each Enterprise Server node. |
MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4 also supports group commit.
Parallel Replication
Writes to the primary server that are group committed or logged with a Global Transaction ID in different replication domains can be applied on the replica server using parallel threads to improve performance.
System Variable/Option | Description |
Sets the number of threads the replica server uses to apply replication events in parallel. Use a non-zero value to enable Parallel Replication. | |
Sets how the replica server applies replicated transactions. |
Example Configuration
On each Enterprise Server node, edit a configuration file and set these system variables and options:
[mariadb]
bind_address = 0.0.0.0
log_bin = mariadb-bin.log
server_id = 1
Set the server_
Initialize Replica Database
When deploying a new replica server to an existing system, back up the primary server and restore it on the replica server to initialize the database.
Back up the Primary Server
Use MariaDB Enterprise Backup to back up the primary server.
On the primary server, take a full backup:
$ sudo mariadb-backup --backup \ --user=mariabackup_user \ --password=mariabackup_passwd \ --target-dir=/data/backup/replica_backup
Confirm successful completion of the backup operation.
On the primary server, prepare the backup:
$ sudo mariadb-backup --prepare \ --target-dir=/data/backup/replica_backup
Confirm successful completion of the prepare operation.
Restore the Backup to the Replica Server
On the primary server, copy the backup directory to each replica server:
$ sudo rsync -av /data/backup/replica_backup 192.0.2.11:/data/backup/
On the replica server, move the default datadir to another location:
$ sudo mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql_backup
On the replica server, use MariaDB Enterprise Backup to restore the backup to the datadir:
$ sudo mariadb-backup --copy-back \ --target-dir=/data/backup/replica_backup
On the replica server, set the file permissions for the datadir:
$ sudo chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql
Start Replica Server
Start MariaDB Enterprise Server. If the Enterprise Server process is already running, restart it to apply the changes from the configuration file.
$ systemctl start mariadb
For additional information, see "Start and Stop Services".
Set the Global Transaction ID Position
If the replica server was restored from a backup of the primary, set the GTID position.
Get the GTID position that corresponds to the restored backup. This can be found in the
xtrabackup_binlong_info
file.$ cat xtrabackup_binlog_info mariadb-bin.000096 568 0-1-2001,1-2-5139
The GTID position from the above output is
0-1-2001,1-2-5139
.Connect to the replica server:
$ sudo mariadb
Set the gtid_
slave_ system variable to the GTID position:pos SET GLOBAL gtid_slave_pos='0-1-2001,1-2-5139';
Start Replication
Execute the CHANGE MASTER TO statement to configure the replica server to connect to the primary server at this position:
CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_USER = "repl", MASTER_HOST = "192.0.2.10", MASTER_PASSWORD = "repl_passwd", MASTER_USE_GTID = slave_pos;
The above statement configures the replica server to connect to a primary server located at
192.0.2.10
using therepl
user account. This account must first be configured on the primary server.Use the START SLAVE statement to start replication:
START SLAVE;
Use SHOW SLAVE STATUS statement to confirm replication is running:
SHOW SLAVE STATUS\G
*************************** 1. row *************************** Slave_IO_State: Waiting for master to send event Master_Host: 192.0.2.10 Master_User: repl Master_Port: 3306 Connect_Retry: 60 Master_Log_File: mariadb-bin.000001 Read_Master_Log_Pos: 645 Relay_Log_File: li282-189-relay-bin.000002 Relay_Log_Pos: 946 Relay_Master_Log_File: mariadb-bin.000001 Slave_IO_Running: Yes Slave_SQL_Running: Yes Replicate_Do_DB: Replicate_Ignore_DB: Replicate_Do_Table: Replicate_Ignore_Table: Replicate_Wild_Do_Table: Replicate_Wild_Ignore_Table: Last_Errno: 0 Last_Error: Skip_Counter: 0 Exec_Master_Log_Pos: 645 Relay_Log_Space: 1259 Until_Condition: None Until_Log_File: Until_Log_Pos: 0 Master_SSL_Allowed: No Master_SSL_CA_File: Master_SSL_CA_Path: Master_SSL_Cert: Master_SSL_Cipher: Master_SSL_Key: Seconds_Behind_Master: 0 Master_SSL_Verify_Server_Cert: No Last_IO_Errno: 0 Last_IO_Error: Last_SQL_Errno: 0 Last_SQL_Error: Replicate_Ignore_Server_Ids: Master_Server_Id: 1 Master_SSL_Crl: Master_SSL_Crlpath: Using_Gtid: Slave_Pos Gtid_IO_Pos: 0-1-2 Replicate_Do_Domain_Ids: Replicate_Ignore_Domain_Ids: Parallel_Mode: optimistic SQL_Delay: 0 SQL_Remaining_Delay: NULL Slave_SQL_Running_State: Slave has read all relay log; waiting for more updates Slave_DDL_Groups: 2 Slave_Non_Transactional_Groups: 0 Slave_Transactional_Groups: 0