MySQL Cluster Plugin

This plugin automates the configuration and startup of a MySQL Cluster on StarCluster.

Configuration Options

To use this plugin add the following to your StarCluster config file: file:

[plugin mysqlcluster]
setup_class = starcluster.plugins.mysql.MysqlCluster
num_replicas = 2
data_memory = 80M
index_memory = 18M
dump_file = test.sql
dump_interval = 60
dedicated_query = True
num_data_nodeS = 2

NUM_REPLICAS: Specifies number of replicas for each table in the cluster, as well as the number of node groups. The maximum value is 4, and only values 1 and 2 are currently supported by MySQL. A value of 1 would indicate that that there is only one copy of your data. The loss of a single data note would therefore cause your cluster to fail, as there are no additional copies of that data. The number of replicas must also divide evenly into the number of data nodes. ‘2’ is both the recommended and default setting for this parameter.

DATA_MEMORY: Amount of space (in bytes) available for storing database records. Suffixes K, M, and G can be used to indicated Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes. Default value is 80M, minimum is 1M.

INDEX_MEMORY: Amount of storage used for hash indexes in the MySQL Cluster. Default value is 18M, minimum is 1M.

DUMP_FILE: Path to sql file on the cluster to back databases to. Will be created if it does not exist along with all parent directories.

DUMP_INTERVAL: How often, in minutes, to backup databases to DUMP_FILE.

DEDICATED_QUERY: True indicates that the data nodes do not also function as query nodes, and there are instead dedicated nodes to accept queries. False indicates that all data nodes will also accept queries.

NUM_DATA_NODES: Number of data nodes if DEDICATED_QUERY is set to True. The remaining nodes in the cluster will be MySQL query nodes.

What This Plugin Does

# Creates data and backup directories, changes ownership to mysql user # Generates /etc/mysql/ndb_mgmd.cnf configuration file on master. # Generates /etc/mysql/my.cnf configuration file on all nodes. # Kills mysql processes on all nodes. # Starts Management Client on master. # Starts mysql on query nodes # Starts mysql-ndb on data nodes.

Creating a Replicated Table

Here is an example of how to create a table that is replicated across the cluster. Do this on one of the data nodes:

mysql> create database testdb;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> use testcluster;
Database changed
mysql> create table testtable (i int) engine=ndbcluster;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.71 sec)
mysql> insert into testtable values (1);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.05 sec)
mysql> select * from testtable;
+------+
| i    |
+------+
|    1 |
+------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)

Note that engine=ndbcluster is what indicates that the table should be created in a cluster configuration. If it is not used, the table will not be replicated.

On another data node:

mysql> use testdb;
Database changed
mysql> select * from testtable;
+------+
| i    |
+------+
|    1 |
+------+
1 row in set (0.04 sec)

The table has been replicated, and the cluster is working.

Recommendations for Use

• Clusters should have three nodes at the very least.
• NUM_REPLICAS should probably stay at 2. Consequently, there should be an even number of data nodes.