Install Post-EOL packages

This document provides guidelines on installing Percona Server for MySQL packages from Percona repositories. These packages are available exclusively for paying customers. For more information, refer to MySQL 5.7 Post-EOL Support from Percona. The current version is 5.7.44-31.65.7. You can review the release notes to see what has changed.

Community members can compile and install from Source Code from publicly available source code, which is released quarterly.

For instructions on installing from a binary tarball, see Install Post-EOL release from a binary tarball.

Procedure

1. Request access to the MySQL 5.7 Post-EOL Support from Percona repository from Percona Support to receive the client ID and the access token needed to download the packages.

2. Configure the repository and install Percona Xtradb Cluster packages

   On Debian and UbuntuOn RHEL and derivatives

   1. Download the Percona gpg key:

      $ wget https://github.com/percona/percona-repositories/raw/main/deb/percona-keyring.gpg
      

   2. Add the Percona gpg key to trusted.gpg.d directory:

      $ sudo cp percona-keyring.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
      

   3. Create the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/post-eol.list configuration file with the following contents with your [CLIENTID] and [TOKEN].

      To get the OPERATING_SYSTEM value, run lsb_release -sc.

      /etc/apt/sources.list.d/post-eol.list

      deb http://repo.percona.com/private/[CLIENTID]-[TOKEN]/pxc-57-eol/apt/ OPERATING_SYSTEM main
      

   4. Update the local cache

      $ sudo apt update
      

   5. Install Percona Xtradb Cluster packages

      $ sudo apt install -y percona-xtradb-cluster-5.7
      

      Install other required packages.

   1. Create the /etc/yum.repos.d/post-eol.repo configuration file with the following contents with your [CLIENTID] and [TOKEN].

      /etc/yum.repos.d/post-eol.repo

      baseurl=http://repo.percona.com/private/[Clientid]-[Token]/pxc-57-eol/yum/release/$releasever/RPMS/x86_64
      enabled=1
      gpgkey = https://repo.percona.com/yum/PERCONA-PACKAGING-KEY
      

   2. Install Percona Xtradb Cluster for MySQL packages

      $ sudo yum install -y percona-xtradb-cluster-5.7