Maxscale compatibility

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Martin

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Apr 17, 2023, 2:31:13 AM4/17/23
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Hi

Would like to know if Maxscale is compatible with community version of MariaDB.If yes, which version is compatible.

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Markus Mäkelä

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Apr 17, 2023, 2:36:01 AM4/17/23
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Hi,

MaxScale is compatible with all non-EOL versions of MariaDB, both community and enterprise versions. Very old versions like MariaDB 5.5 might work but aren't guaranteed to work with the latest releases.

Markus

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Martin

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Apr 17, 2023, 5:52:32 AM4/17/23
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Hi 
We are using community version of both  Maxscale  22.8 and  mariadb is 10.5.16.   Is this compatible ?

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Martin

Markus Mäkelä

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Apr 17, 2023, 5:55:26 AM4/17/23
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Hi,

Yes, those versions are compatible.

Markus

Markus Mäkelä

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Apr 17, 2023, 6:20:01 AM4/17/23
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Hi,

MaxScale is mostly compatible with MySQL 5.6, 5.7 and 8. The only things
that aren't supported are of course any features in MaxScale that
require MariaDB-specific extensions e.g. causal_reads in readwritesplit
and anything that assumes a MariaDB-style GTID implementation.

MaxScale also does not directly support the caching_sha2_password
authentication that MySQL 8 uses by default. You'll need to configure
MySQL 8 to use mysql_native_password authentication in order for
MaxScale to work with it.

Markus

On 4/17/23 13:16, cYuSeDfZfb cYuSeDfZfb wrote:
> Hi Markus,
>
> Further to that question & your answer: we are running mysql and are
> testing maxscale now with mariadb. But: how about maxscale and MYSQL?
> Does the same kind of mariadb compatibility apply to maxscale when
> combined with mysql?
> (as in: would it be possible to start using maxscale, while keeping
> our mysql backends?)
>
> Thanks, and sorry for hijacking your thread, just thought the above is
> related enough.
>
> Thanks, and: great to see how responsive the maxscale devs are on this list!!
>
> MJ
>> To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/maxscale/6bf0a649-c327-160b-248d-2b4bf6234d81%40mariadb.com.

cYuSeDfZfb cYuSeDfZfb

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Apr 19, 2023, 3:16:23 AM4/19/23
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Thanks for the infos!

cYuSeDfZfb cYuSeDfZfb

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Apr 19, 2023, 3:16:30 AM4/19/23
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Hi Markus,

Further to that question & your answer: we are running mysql and are
testing maxscale now with mariadb. But: how about maxscale and MYSQL?
Does the same kind of mariadb compatibility apply to maxscale when
combined with mysql?
(as in: would it be possible to start using maxscale, while keeping
our mysql backends?)

Thanks, and sorry for hijacking your thread, just thought the above is
related enough.

Thanks, and: great to see how responsive the maxscale devs are on this list!!

MJ


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