SF MySQL Meetup Presentation: Changes in MySQL 5.7
Last Wednesday, I spoke at the San Francisco MySQL Meetup on the topic of changes coming in MySQL 5.7 (and later). We actually went through two different slide decks; the first on features being...
View ArticleEmulating roles with expanded proxy user support in 5.7.7
MySQL has provided support for proxy users since version 5.5, but the roles-like capabilities offered have been largely unnoticed until recently. Part of that has been due to limitations on which...
View ArticleBuilding a better CREATE USER command
Prior to MySQL 5.7, the CREATE USER command had a number of limitations: No way to set both authentication plugin and password No way to disable a user No way to define user resource limitations No way...
View ArticleSSL/TLS in MySQL 5.7
MySQL 5.7 aims to be the most secure MySQL Server release ever, and that means some significant changes in SSL/TLS. This post aims to tie together individual enhancements introduced over the span of...
View ArticleSimplified SSL/TLS Setup for MySQL Community
Transport Layer Security (TLS, also often referred to as SSL) is an important component of a secure MySQL deployment, but the complexities of properly generating the necessary key material and...
View ArticleQuestions about MariaDB’s bug system
MariaDB recently announced the migration of the JIRA bug tracking system from the current Atlassian-hosted instance to a self-hosted installation to be found at jira.mariadb.org. This likely isn’t a...
View ArticleSYS Schema: Simplified Access To SSL/TLS Details
A while back, I wrote a blog post explaining how PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA improvements in MySQL Server 5.7 provides new visibility into the SSL/TLS status of each running client configuration. An excellent...
View ArticleRequests for MariaDB
There has been a recent spate of blog posts and tweets regarding MaxScale binary downloads requiring acceptance of an Evaluation License that some in the community perceived to be onerous. MariaDB...
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