Enabling mysqldump¶
The Logical State Transfer Method, mysqldump works by interfacing through the database server rather than the physical data. As such, it requires some additional configuration, besides setting the wsrep_sst_method parameter.
Configuring SST Privileges
In order for mysqldump to interface with the database server, it requires root connections for both the donor and joiner nodes. You can enable this through the wsrep_sst_auth parameter.
Using a text editor, open the wsrep.cnf file–it should be in the /etc/mysql/conf.d/ directory. Add a line like the following to that file:
# wsrep SST Authentication
wsrep_sst_auth = wsrep_sst_username:password
You would use your own authentication parameters in place of wsrep_sst_user and password. This line will provide authentication information that the node will need to establish connections. Use the same values for every node in the cluster.
Granting SST Privileges
When the database server starts, it will read from the wsrep.cnf file to get the authentication information it needs to access another database server. In order for the node to accept connections from the cluster, you must also create and configure the State Snapshot Transfer user through the database client.
In order to do this, you need to start the database server. If you haven’t used this node on the cluster before, start it with replication disabled. For servers that use init, execute the following from the command-line:
# service mysql start --wsrep-on=off
For servers that use systemd, instead execute this from the command-line:
# systemctl start mysql --wsrep-on=OFF
When the database server is running, log into the database using a client and execute the GRANT ALL statement for the IP address of each node in the cluster. You would do this like so:
GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'wsrep_sst_user'@'node1_IP_address'
IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'wsrep_sst_user'@'node2_IP_address'
IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'wsrep_sst_user'@'node3_IP_address'
IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
You would, of course, modify the text above to use your user names, IP addresses, and passwords. These SQL statements will grant each node in the cluster access to the database server on this node. You need to run these SQL statements on each node to allow mysqldump in state transfers among them.
If you have not yet created the cluster, you can stop the database server while you configure the other nodes. To stop MySQL on servers that use init, run the execute the following from the command-line:
service mysql stop
For servers that use systemd, you would execute the following from the command-line to shutdown MySQL:
systemctl stop mysql
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