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MySQL Replication  /  Configuring Replication  /  Setting Up Binary Log File Position Based Replication

2.2 Setting Up Binary Log File Position Based Replication

This section describes how to set up a MySQL server to use binary log file position based replication. There are a number of different methods for setting up replication, and the exact method to use depends on how you are setting up replication, and whether you already have data in the database on the source that you want to replicate.

Tip

To deploy multiple instances of MySQL, you can use InnoDB Cluster which enables you to easily administer a group of MySQL server instances in MySQL Shell. InnoDB Cluster wraps MySQL Group Replication in a programmatic environment that enables you easily deploy a cluster of MySQL instances to achieve high availability. In addition, InnoDB Cluster interfaces seamlessly with MySQL Router, which enables your applications to connect to the cluster without writing your own failover process. For similar use cases that do not require high availability, however, you can use InnoDB ReplicaSet. Installation instructions for MySQL Shell can be found here.

There are some generic tasks that are common to all setups:

Note

Certain steps within the setup process require the SUPER privilege. If you do not have this privilege, it might not be possible to enable replication.

After configuring the basic options, select your scenario:

Before administering MySQL replication servers, read this entire chapter and try all statements mentioned in SQL Statements for Controlling Source Servers, and SQL Statements for Controlling Replica Servers. Also familiarize yourself with the replication startup options described in Section 2.6, “Replication and Binary Logging Options and Variables”.