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4.1.2. Installing MySQL Cluster from RPM

This section covers the steps necessary to install the correct executables for each type of MySQL Cluster node using RPM packages supplied by Oracle.

RPMs are available for both 32-bit and 64-bit Linux platforms. For a MySQL Cluster, three RPMs are required:

  • The Server RPM (for example, MySQL-Cluster-gpl-server-6.3.52-0.sles10.i586.rpm, MySQL-Cluster-gpl-server-7.0.38-0.sles10.i586.rpm, or MySQL-Cluster-gpl-server-7.1.27-0.sles10.i586.rpm), which supplies the core files needed to run a MySQL Server with NDBCLUSTER storage engine support (that is, as a MySQL Cluster SQL node).

    If you do not have your own client application capable of administering a MySQL server, you should also obtain and install the Client RPM (for example, MySQL-Cluster-gpl-client-6.3.52-0.sles10.i586.rpm, MySQL-Cluster-gpl-client-7.0.38-0.sles10.i586.rpm, or MySQL-Cluster-gpl-client-7.1.27-0.sles10.i586.rpm).

  • The Cluster storage engine RPM (for example, MySQL-Cluster-gpl-storage-6.3.52-0.sles10.i586.rpm, MySQL-Cluster-gpl-storage-7.0.38-0.sles10.i586.rpm, or MySQL-Cluster-gpl-storage-7.1.27-0.sles10.i586.rpm), which supplies the MySQL Cluster data node binary (ndbd).

  • The Cluster storage engine management RPM (for example, MySQL-Cluster-gpl-management-6.3.52-0.sles10.i586.rpm, MySQL-Cluster-gpl-management-7.0.38-0.sles10.i586.rpm, or MySQL-Cluster-gpl-management-7.1.27-0.sles10.i586.rpm) which provides the MySQL Cluster management server binary (ndb_mgmd).

In addition, you should also obtain the NDB Cluster - Storage engine basic tools RPM (for example, MySQL-Cluster-gpl-tools-6.3.52-0.sles10.i586.rpm, MySQL-Cluster-gpl-tools-7.0.38-0.sles10.i586.rpm, or MySQL-Cluster-gpl-tools-7.1.27-0.sles10.i586.rpm), which supplies several useful applications for working with a MySQL Cluster. The most important of these is the MySQL Cluster management client (ndb_mgm). The NDB Cluster - Storage engine extra tools RPM (for example, MySQL-Cluster-gpl-extra-6.3.52-0.sles10.i586.rpm, MySQL-Cluster-gpl-extra-7.0.38-0.sles10.i586.rpm, or MySQL-Cluster-gpl-extra-7.1.27-0.sles10.i586.rpm) contains some additional testing and monitoring programs, but is not required to install a MySQL Cluster. (For more information about these additional programs, see Chapter 6, MySQL Cluster Programs.)

The MySQL Cluster version number in the RPM file names (shown here as 6.3.52, 7.0.38, or 7.1.27) can vary according to the version which you are actually using. It is very important that all of the Cluster RPMs to be installed have the same version number. The glibc version number (if present), and architecture designation (shown here as i586) should be appropriate to the machine on which the RPM is to be installed.

Data nodes.  On a computer that is to host a cluster data node it is necessary to install only the NDB Cluster - Storage engine RPM. To do so, copy this RPM to the data node host, and run the following command as the system root user, replacing the name shown for the RPM as necessary to match that of the RPM downloaded from the MySQL web site: 

shell> rpm -Uhv MySQL-Cluster-gpl-storage-7.1.27-0.sles10.i586.rpm

The previous command installs the MySQL Cluster data node binary (ndbd) in the /usr/sbin directory.

SQL nodes.  On each machine to be used for hosting a cluster SQL node, install the Server RPM by executing the following command as the system root user, replacing the name shown for the RPM as necessary to match the name of the RPM downloaded from the MySQL web site: 

shell> rpm -Uhv MySQL-Cluster-gpl-server-7.1.27-0.sles10.i586.rpm

This installs the MySQL server binary (mysqld) in the /usr/sbin directory, as well as all needed MySQL Server support files. It also installs the mysql.server and mysqld_safe startup scripts in /usr/share/mysql and /usr/bin, respectively. The RPM installer should take care of general configuration issues (such as creating the mysql user and group, if needed) automatically.

Note

To administer the SQL node (MySQL server), you should also install the Client RPM, as shown here: 

shell> rpm -Uhv MySQL-Cluster-gpl-client-7.1.27-0.sles10.i586.rpm

This installs the mysql client program.

Management nodes.  To install the MySQL Cluster management server, it is necessary only to use the NDB Cluster - Storage engine management RPM. Copy this RPM to the computer intended to host the management node, and then install it by running the following command as the system root user (replace the name shown for the RPM as necessary to match that of the Storage engine management RPM downloaded from the MySQL web site): 

shell> rpm -Uhv MySQL-Cluster-gpl-management-7.1.27-0.sles10.i586.rpm

This installs the management server binary (ndb_mgmd) to the /usr/sbin directory.

You should also install the NDB management client, which is supplied by the Storage engine basic tools RPM. Copy this RPM to the same computer as the management node, and then install it by running the following command as the system root user (again, replace the name shown for the RPM as necessary to match that of the Storage engine basic tools RPM downloaded from the MySQL web site): 

shell> rpm -Uhv MySQL-Cluster-gpl-tools-7.1.27-0.sles10.i586.rpm

The Storage engine basic tools RPM installs the MySQL Cluster management client (ndb_mgm) to the /usr/bin directory.

Note

You can also install the Cluster storage engine extra tools RPM, if you wish, as shown here: 

shell> rpm -Uhv MySQL-Cluster-gpl-extra-7.1.27-0.sles10.i586.rpm

You may find the extra tools useful; however the Cluster storage engine extra tools RPM is not required to install a working MySQL Cluster.

See Installing MySQL on Linux Using RPM Packages, for general information about installing MySQL using RPMs supplied by Oracle.

After installing from RPM, you still need to configure the cluster as discussed in Section 4.3, “Initial Configuration of MySQL Cluster”.

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