georce/maxscale repository overview

⁠maxscale

Scalable, highly available and powerful transformative database services with MariaDB MaxScale for docker

⁠Introduction

MariaDB MaxScale is an open-source, database-centric proxy that works with MariaDB Enterprise, MariaDB Enterprise Cluster, MariaDB 5.5, MariaDB 10 and Oracle MySQL®. It’s pluggable architecture is designed to increase flexibility and aid customization. Built upon a lightweight, high-speed networking core designed to facilitate throughput. MariaDB MaxScale runs between the client application and the database cluster offering connection and statement-based load balancing. MariaDB MaxScale allows scaling of an organization's database infrastructure while keeping the needs of DBAs, Developers and Data Architects in mind.

⁠Quick Start

You can launch the image using the docker command line,

docker run -itd --name=maxscale -p 3306:3306 \
-e 'address1=192.168.1.1' -e 'address2=192.168.1.2' -e 'address3=192.168.1.3' \
-e 'user=cluster' -e 'passwd=123456' \
georce/maxscale

#Configuration

/usr/local/skysql/maxscale/etc/MaxScale.cnf

⁠Available Configuration Parameters

Please refer the docker run command options for the --env-file flag where you can specify all required environment variables in a single file. This will save you from writing a potentially long docker run command. Alternately you can use fig.

Below is the complete list of available options that can be used to customize your maxscale installion.

• address1: You must enter your fisrt ip address of galera cluster mariadb
• address2: You must enter your second ip address of galera cluster mariadb
• address3: You must enter your third ip address of galera cluster mariadb
• user: You must enter your username of galera cluster mariadb
• passwd: You must enter your password of galera cluster mariadb

⁠References

• https://mariadb.com/products/mariadb-maxscale⁠