Do you get write laziness in the command line everything what you need to connect to a MySQL server every time?

It may take less than minute, but sometimes one minute is vital (especially if we’re near the end of the world):

ivancp@ubuntu$ mysql -u root -p -h mysqlhost database

When we are hurry, these commands often fail several times per minute.

The solution: we can create shortcuts with bash alias commands in file ~/.bashrc :

# File ~ /. Bashrc
 
# Command "my" to connect to a local server
alias my='mysql -u root -p'
 
# Command "my2" to connect to a remote server
alias my2='mysql -u root -h 192.168.1.56 -p'

Next time if you want to access the local server just type the command my [database name] , there only ask for database password. You can use any command aliases, I prefer  “my” and “my2” they are short and useful.

But if you have several servers comes …

Again, I have moved to a new hosting provider after my free-tier with Amazon EC2 expired.  As usual I was looking for a good VPS provider with a decent price, providing good support and in particular a provider supporting FreeBSD, my favorite OS for server (for desktop I still prefer GNU/Linux.)

This time I have carefully reviewed many options and have finally settled with RootBSD, one of the reputed VPS hosting providers if you are choosing FreeBSD as your server OS.  One of the prime reasons for choosing FreeBSD is its performance, stability and the FreeBSD ports system.

Although my …

Note: I’ve decided not to use Veewee due to silly compatibility issues for now.

Quoting from Vagrant’s web site:

Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing virtualized development environments. By providing automated creation and provisioning of virtual machines using Oracle’s VirtualBox, Vagrant provides the tools to create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable virtual environments.

A complementary technology called Veewee makes building VirtualBox VMs easier by automating away a lot of manual steps. Marius Ducea has a great blog post on how to use it.

My observations:
1. According to Vagrant’s web site, it should work on Windows. I’ve …

We’ve seen the rise of open source software in the enterprise and also beyond the IT industry, but the real keys to openness and its advantages in today’s technology world — where efficient use of cloud computing and supporting services are paramount — exist in open application programming interfaces, or APIs.

Open source software continues to be a critical part of software development, systems administration, IT operations and more, but much of the action in leveraging modern cloud computing and services-based infrastructures centers on APIs. Open APIs are the new open source.

Read the full story at LinuxInsider.

I was doing some research on Percona Server, and came across this great tip by Baron: if you are using Oracle’s MySQL and want to test out and learn new/improved features that are present in Percona Server, you can just stop the mysqld instance, extract Percona Server binary from its rpm/deb package or tarball file, swap the binary, and do a successful restart. You can then do a test drive, kick the tires, learn and observe to your heart’s content. Swap the original mysqld back after you are done, as necessary.

I tested it and it worked great for me. Specifically, I did the following:
1. sudo /etc/init.d/mysql(d) stop
2. sudo cp /usr/sbin/mysqld /location/mysqldFromOracleOrWhatever
3. sudo cp /perconaBinaryDirectory/mysqld /usr/sbin/mysqld
4. sudo /etc/init.d/mysql(d) start
5. Test …

The Oracle Linux and Virtualization Documentation Team is seeking an experienced Technical Writer
with a focus on writing documentation for the Oracle Linux product. (The MySQL Documentation Team is part of that group as well.)

Applicants should be located in either Ireland, the UK, Sweden, Norway, …

The Oracle Linux and Virtualization Documentation Team is seeking an experienced Technical Writer
with a focus on writing documentation for the Oracle Linux product. (The MySQL Documentation Team is part of that group as well.)

Applicants should be located in either Ireland, the UK, Sweden, Norway, …

Pluggable M3 (Monitis Monitor Manager) Framework

Who needs an introduction about M3? – Perhaps no one!
After gaining some reputation with M3, providing extra-easy integration of any monitor into Monitis it was time to take it to the next level.

Generally speaking, the work flow of M3 was described in detail in this article.

After some thought and design, we’ve decided it’d be best if M3 was pluggable. Pluggable in terms of being able to easily add execution and parsing plugins.
The interface and behavior of M3 …

Topics for this podcast:

*Hadoop v1.0 and year ahead
*Oracle-Cloudera deal for more Hadoop
*Oracle’s ‘Sun spot’ with Solaris
*Open Source M&A outlook for 2012
*Our new MySQL/NoSQL/NewSQL survey

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How To Set Up Multi-Master Replication Using Tungsten And MySQL-Proxy For MySQL High Availability On Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS

This tutorial is based on my experience setting up Tungsten Replicator and MySQL-Proxy for a client's production setup.