MySQL Administration Course

This course covers administration and optimization of MySQL servers and applications, and is aimed at advanced application developers, administrators.

Experience with MySQL is required.

Topics covered on the 2 day MySQL Administration course

At completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Identify the various components of a MySQL Server and their function.
• Identify and navigate elements in the physical structure of a MySQL Server on disk and in memory.
• Understand the differences between MySQL RPM, binary and source distributions.
• Perform a custom installation on Windows or any standard Unix.
• Assess the various upgrade considerations and perform an upgrade.
• Know where to find/create configuration files and understand their structure.
• Set up appropriate logging and interpret log output.
• Understand the concepts of MySQL security, managing user privileges on different levels.
• Adequately and properly secure a default MySQL installation.
• List and describe the different (categories of) storage engines, their specific characteristics, choosing the appropriate type.
• Administer and maintain MyISAM and InnoDB tables on a live server.
• Create and restore backups, recovery of MyISAM and InnoDB tables.
• Understand transactions and concurrency control.
• Tune server settings for different storage engines and environments.
• Install and control replication and multiple servers.
• Describe how the MySQL server optimizes and processes queries, including index usage.
• Analyse query efficiency utilizing different tools and techniques.
• Compare different design decisions and work out the optimial solution.
• Optimize all relevant aspects of the server environment, prioritizing appropriately.