How To Install mysql-router on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-router
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mysql-router
mysql-router is:
MySQL Router is part of InnoDB cluster, and is lightweight middleware that provides transparent routing between your application and back-end MySQL servers. It can be used for a wide variety of use cases, such as providing high availability and scalability by effectively routing database traffic to appropriate back-end MySQL servers. The pluggable architecture also enables developers to extend MySQL Router for custom use cases.
Since MySQL Router is clustering software and needs to be configured and managed across an entire cluster, packaging cannot manage it for you. This package supplies the binary build only, ready for manual configuration.
There are three methods to install mysql-router
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mysql-router Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mysql-router
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mysql-router
Install mysql-router Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mysql-router
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mysql-router
Install mysql-router Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mysql-router
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mysql-router
How To Uninstall mysql-router on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mysql-router
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mysql-router
Uninstall mysql-router And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mysql-router
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mysql-router
Remove mysql-router Configurations and Data
To remove mysql-router
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mysql-router
Remove mysql-router configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mysql-router
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mysql-router
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-router
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.