MySQL Replication

How to Set Up Replication

For detailed instructions read the MySQL reference manual: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/replication-howto.html The following instructions are provided for your convenience. We do not provide support for configuring replication on your MySQL server.

Create User for Replication

Execute these commands on your master mySQL server while logged in as root. Replace slaveuser and slavepass with the user and password that youwant to create. For increased security replace % with the IP of your MySQL slave.

CREATE USER 'slaveuser'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'slavepass';
GRANT REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* TO 'slaveuser'@'%';

MySQL Master Configuration

Add the following to your master MySQL server's my.ini or my.cnf under [mysqld]. Then restart the MySQL service.

log-bin=mysql-bin
server-id=1
sync_binlog=1

Obtain the Master Binary Log Coordinates

Log in to your master MySQL server as root and execute the following commands. DO NOT CLOSE THIS MYSQL SESSION YET. These commands lock your database to prevent writing. This is required to guarantee data integrity while the data is being transferred to the MySQL slave. Your TCAdmin control panel might not work correctly while the tables are locked.

FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK;
SHOW MASTER STATUS;

You should see output similar to the following:

+------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+
| File             | Position | Binlog_Do_DB | Binlog_Ignore_DB |
+------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+
| mysql-bin.000002 |   609384 |              |                  |
+------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Transfer the Current Database to the MySQL Slave

On the MySQL slave, Create an empty database and user. The database should be named the same as your TCAdmin database on the MySQL master.

MySQL Slave Configuration

Add the following to your my.ini or my.cnf under [mysqld]. Replace the values as needed. Then restart the MySQL service.

#each slave should have a unique id
server-id=2
#enter the name of the database that will be replicated
replicate-do-db=tcadmin2
#make the database read only to prevent accidental writing on the slave
read-only

Configuring TCAdmin

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