Install Percona XtraDB Cluster¶
Install Percona XtraDB Cluster on all hosts that you are planning to use as cluster nodes and ensure that you have root access to the MySQL server on each one.
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We recommended installing Percona XtraDB Cluster from official Percona software repositories using the appropriate package manager for your system:
Important
After installing Percona XtraDB Cluster the mysql
service is stopped but enabled so that it may start the next time the system is restarted. The service starts if the the grastate.dat file exists and the value of seqno
is not -1.
For more information
See the Galera state information in Index of files created by PXC grastat.dat
Installation alternatives¶
Percona also provides a generic tarball with all required files and binaries for manual installation:
If you want to build Percona XtraDB Cluster from source, see Compiling and Installing from Source Code.
If you want to run Percona XtraDB Cluster using Docker, see Running Percona XtraDB Cluster in a Docker Container.
Percona XtraDB Cluster PRO¶
This document provides guidelines on how to install Percona XtraDB Cluster PRO packages from the Percona repositories.
Percona XtraDB Cluster Pro includes the capabilities that are typically requested by large enterprises. Percona XtraDB Cluster Pro contains packages created and tested by Percona. These packages are supported only for Percona Customers with a subscription.
Install Percona XtraDB Cluster Pro
Product version numbering¶
The version number in PXC releases contains the following components:
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The version of Percona Server for MySQL that the given PXC release is based on
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The sequence number which represents the PXC built.
For example, version number 8.0.18-9.3 means that this is the third PXC build based on Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.18-9.