English Delivery Only: MariaDB Database Administration [STA_MARDBA]

OVERVIEW

*** Course delivered in English (UK - (GMT)) ***

MariaDB Database Administration Course Overview

This MariaDB Database Administration course is designed for MariaDB 10 and 11 Database Administrators who have a basic understanding of

OBJECTIVES

Course Objectives

At the end of the MariaDB Database Administration course,delegates will have the knowledge to use the features available in MariaDB to administer,monitor and support MariaDB databases and servers. Delegates will also be able to set up and administer simple replication topologies.

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Who will the Course Benefit?

Database Administrators,Database Developers and Technical Consultants who need to setup,administer,monitor,backup,restore and support MariaDB databases and servers.

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Further Learning

• Apache Web Server

CONTENT

MariaDB Database Administration Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 1

Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: THE SERVER,CLIENTS AND TOOLS

• Introduction
• MariaDB Database Release Versions
• MariaDB Distributioins
• An Overview of MariaDB Architecture
• The MariaDB Server
• MariaDB Client Connections
• MariaDB Client Programs
• The MariaDB Command Line
• The mariadb-admin Utility

Session 2: OBTAINING METADATA

• What is Metadata?
• The mariadb-slow or mysqlshow Client Program
• The SHOW and DESCRIBE Commands
• The Information_Schema
• Show Command and Information_Schema Differences

Session 3: CONFIGURE THE SERVER

• Start and Stop the MariaDB Server
• Status Files
• An Overview of MariaDB Storage Engines
• MariaDB Server Options and Variables
• MariaDB Status Variables
• Configuring MariaDB Audit Plugin

Session 4: SQL MODES,LOG FILES AND BINARY LOGGING

• Error Messages
• The SHOW Errors Statement
• The SHOW Warnings Statement
• SQL Modes
• Note Messages
• The perror Utility
• The General Log
• The Error Log
• The Slow Query Log
• The Binary Logs

MariaDB Database Administration Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 2

Session 5: MARIADB ARCHITECTURE

• Communication Protocols used to connect a Client to the Server
• The SQL Parser and Storage Engine Tiers
• Installing and Uninstalling Plugins
• How MariaDB Uses Disk Space
• How MariaDB Uses Memory

Session 6: THE INNODB STORAGE ENGINE

• Features of Innodb
• Transactions and Referential Integrity
• Physical Characteristics of Innodb Tables
• The System Tablespace Configuration
• File per Table Tablespace
• Log File and Buffer Configuration
• Undo Logs and Undo Tablespaces
• Temporary Table Tablespaces
• InnoDB Shutdown Options
• InnoDB Status Command

Session 7: OTHER STORAGE ENGINES

• Check Engine Usage
• The MYISAM Engine
• The Merge Engine
• Other Engines: Archive,Aria,Memory,Blackhole,CSV
• Mixing Storage Engines
• Overview of the ColumnStore,MyRocks and Spider Engines

Session 8: TABLE MAINTENANCE

• Table Maintenance Operations
• Check Table
• Repair Table
• Analyze Table
• Optimize Table
• MySQL Check
• MyISAM Table Maintenance and Repair Utilities

MariaDB Database Administration Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 3

Session 9: BACKUP AND RECOVERY

• The Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Backup Methods
• Overview of Backup Tools
• Binary Backups of MYISAM Tables
• Binary Backups of InnoDB Tables
• View the Binary Log
• Recover using the Binary Logs
• Performing Hot Backups with MariaDB Backup
• Performing Recovery with MariaDB Backup
• Exporting and Importing using SQL
• Exporting from the Command Line using mariadb-dump
• Importing from the Command Line using mariadb-import
• Additional Backup Tools

Session 10: USER MANAGEMENT

• Introduction
• User Accounts
• Creating Users
• Renaming Users
• Change a User Password
• Dropping Users
• Granting Privileges to Manage Users
• The User Table
• Connection Validation
• Password Validation Plugins

Session 11: PRIVILEGES

• Types of Privileges
• Granting Privileges
• Revoking Privileges
• Setting Resource Limits
• Resource Management
• Role Management
• The mysql Database
• The Show Grants Command

MariaDB Database Administration Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 4

Session 12: TRANSACTIONS AND LOCKING

• Locking Concepts
• Levels of Locking
• Implicit Table Locking with MyISAM and InnoDB
• Explicit Table Locking
• Advisory Locking
• Monitoring Locks
• Turning Autocommit on and off
• Using Transaction Blocks
• Handling Concurrency Problems and Deadlocks

Session 13: TUNING AND TABLES

• General Table Optimizations
• Myisam Specific Optimizations
• Innodb Specific Optimizations
• Other Engine Specific Optimizations

Session 14: TUNING THE SERVER

• Server Configuration Variables
• Status Variables
• Server Variables
• System Variables
• Per Client Variables
• Performance Schema Overview
• The Query Cache

Session 15: THE EVENT SCHEDULER

• Event scheduler concepts
• Event scheduler configuration
• Creating,altering and dropping events
• Event scheduler monitoring
• Events and privileges

Session 16: MARIADB SERVER INSTALLATION AND UPGRADE

• MariaDB Distributions
• Installing MariaDB on Linux and UNIX
• The Installation Directories
• Set a Password for the mysql root Uer
• Upgrade the MariaDB Server
• Deployment Security
• Database Server Access
• SSL Encrypted Connections

MariaDB Database Administration Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 5

Session 17: OVERVIEW OF HIGH AVAILABILITY

• High Availability Goals
• High Availability Concepts
• Design for High Availability
• Definition of Availability
• High Availability Terminology

Session 18: CONFIGURE MASTER SLAVE REPLICATION

• Replication Overview
• When to Use Replication
• Disadvantages of Replication
• Replication Architecture
• Complex Replication Topologies
• Testing Replication
• Excluding or Including Databases or Tables from Replication
• Example: Setting Up a Master Slave Replication
• Replication Using GTIDs

Session 19: ADMINISTER A REPLICATION TOPOLOGY

• Replication Files and Threads
• Lagging Slave
• Monitoring Replication
• Troubleshooting Replication Problems
• Semi-synchronous Replication
• Controlled Switchover
• Failover
• MariaDB Replication Manager