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Advanced MySQL 8

By : Eric Vanier, Birju Shah, Tejaswi Malepati
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Advanced MySQL 8

By: Eric Vanier, Birju Shah, Tejaswi Malepati

Overview of this book

Advanced MySQL 8 teaches you to enhance your existing database infrastructure and build various tools to improve your enterprise applications and overall website performance. The book starts with the new and exciting MySQL 8.0 features and how to utilize them for maximum efficiency. As you make your way through the chapters, you will learn to optimize MySQL performance using indexes and advanced data query techniques for large queries. You will also discover MySQL Server 8.0 settings and work with the MySQL data dictionary to boost the performance of your database. In the concluding chapters, you will cover MySQL 8.0 Group Replication, which will enable you to create elastic, highly available, and fault-tolerant replication topologies. You will also explore backup and recovery techniques for your databases and understand important tips and tricks to help your critical data reach its full potential. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned about new MySQL 8.0 security features that allow a database administrator (DBA) to simplify user management and increase the security of their multi-user environments.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Advanced MySQL Performance Tips and Techniques

Authentication and Security Management with MySQL 8.0

In this chapter, we will cover the new MySQL 8.0 security features, such as MySQL roles. This is a new security feature that allows DBAs or seniors developers to simplify user management and increase the security of their multi-user environments. You will also learn about the access privileges system, security plugins, and how they affect the security of your MySQL server and related applications.

We will explore the new security features in MySQL 8.0. Privileges provided by MySQL 8.0 also include the differences between dynamic and static security privileges, and an overview of the grant table, and we will also see how to troubleshoot a connection problem and share some tips and techniques.

We will cover the following topics:

  • MySQL 8 security features
  • Privileges provided by MySQL 8.0
  • The differences between dynamic and...