The separation of reads and writes for MySQL in Kubernetes can be achieved through a master-slave replication architecture. In this architecture, the MySQL Master handles all write operations and the MySQL Slave handles all read operations. Here is a detailed step-by-step guide:
Step 1: Create a Kubernetes Cluster
Make sure you have a well-running Kubernetes cluster, 3+ nodes are recommended for better resource allocation and high availability.
Step 2: Create a MySQL Master-Slave Replication Docker Image
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First, you need to build a MySQL mirror that supports master-slave replication, or just use an existing MySQL mirror that supports master-slave replication.
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If you want to configure it yourself, you can start with the official MySQL image and support master-slave replication through the settings file.
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The main configurations are as follows:
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Slave Configuration (Slave): set a different server-id and configure it as a slave node.
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Step 3: Create a Kubernetes Secret to Store MySQL Passwords
For security, we can use Kubernetes Secret to store MySQL passwords.
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Step 4: Deploying the MySQL Master Node
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Create a configuration file for the master node
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Create a Service for the MySQL master node:
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Step 5: Deploy MySQL Slave Nodes
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Creating configuration files for slave nodes
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Create a Service for a MySQL slave node:
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Step 6: Set Up Master-Slave Replication
After the slave node starts, execute the following command to configure the master-slave replication:
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Log in to the master node and create the user to be used for replication:
CREATE USER 'replication'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'replication_password';
GRANT REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* TO 'replication'@'%';
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Get the master node status:
SHOW MASTER STATUS;
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Log in to the slave node and configure it as a slave to the master node:
CHANGE MASTER TO
MASTER_HOST='mysql-master',
MASTER_USER='replication',
MASTER_PASSWORD='replication_password',
MASTER_LOG_FILE='<File obtained in the previous step>',
MASTER_LOG_POS=<Position obtained in the previous step.>;
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Check the slave node status to verify that the synchronization was successful:
SHOW SLAVE STATUS\G
Step 7: Configure Read/Write Segregation
In Kubernetes, you can use a custom Service to achieve read-write separation:
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Creating a MySQL Read/Write Separated Service:
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Read-write separation is achieved by the application layer (e.g., application code) choosing to access different services:
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Write operations: by means of the
mysql-read-write
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Read operation: by
mysql-read-only
Service connection.
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Step 8: Test Read/Write Separation
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Send the write request to the
mysql-read-write
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Send the read operation request to the
mysql-read-only
service to ensure that data written by the master node can be read on the slave node.
Step 9: Monitoring and Maintenance
You can monitor your MySQL cluster with Prometheus and Grafana to keep an eye on the latency of the master-slave replication and the health of the nodes so that you can handle failures in a timely manner.