mysql

Table of Contents

1. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
2. Backwards compatibility information
3. Setup - The basics of getting started with mysql
   • Beginning with mysql
4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
   • Customizing Server Options
   • Creating a Database
   • Custom Configuration
5. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
6. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
7. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Module Description

The MySQL module installs, configures, and manages the MySQL service.

The MySQL module manages both the installation and configuration of MySQL, as well as extending Puppet to allow management of MySQL resources, such as databases, users, and grants.

Setup

Beginning with MySQL

If you want a server installed with the default options you can run include '::mysql::server'.

If you need to customize options, such as the root password or /etc/my.cnf settings, then you must also pass in an override hash:

class { '::mysql::server':
  root_password           => 'strongpassword',
  remove_default_accounts => true,
  override_options        => $override_options
}

See Customizing Server Options below for examples of the hash structure for $override_options`.

Usage

All interaction for the server is done via mysql::server. To install the client, use mysql::client. To install bindings, use mysql::bindings.

Customizing Server Options

The hash structure for overrides in mysql::server can be structured like a hash in the my.cnf file, so:

$override_options = {
  'section' => {
    'item' => 'thing',
  }
}

For items that you would traditionally represent as

[section]
thing = X

you can make an entry like thing => true, thing => value, or thing => " in the hash. Alternatively, you can pass an array, as thing => ['value', 'value2'], or list each thing => value separately on separate lines.

MySQL doesn't care if 'thing' is alone or set to a value; it happily accepts both. To keep an option out of the my.cnf file --- e.g., when using override_options to revert to a default value --- you can pass thing => undef.

If an option needs multiple instances, you can pass an array. For example,

$override_options = {
  'mysqld' => {
    'replicate-do-db' => ['base1', 'base2'],
  }
}

produces

[mysqld]
replicate-do-db = base1
replicate-do-db = base2

Creating a database

To use mysql::db to create a database with a user and assign some privileges:

mysql::db { 'mydb':
  user     => 'myuser',
  password => 'mypass',
  host     => 'localhost',
  grant    => ['SELECT', 'UPDATE'],
}

Or to use a different resource name with exported resources:

 @@mysql::db { "mydb_${fqdn}":
  user     => 'myuser',
  password => 'mypass',
  dbname   => 'mydb',
  host     => ${fqdn},
  grant    => ['SELECT', 'UPDATE'],
  tag      => $domain,
}

Then you can collect it on the remote DB server:

Mysql::Db <<| tag == $domain |>>

If you set the sql param to a file when creating a database, the file gets imported into the new database.

For large sql files, you should raise the $import_timeout parameter, set by default to 300 seconds.

mysql::db { 'mydb':
  user     => 'myuser',
  password => 'mypass',
  host     => 'localhost',
  grant    => ['SELECT', 'UPDATE'],
  sql      => '/path/to/sqlfile',
  import_timeout => 900,
}

Custom Configuration

To add custom MySQL configuration, drop additional files into includedir. Dropping files into includedir allows you to override settings or add additional ones, which is helpful if you choose not to use override_options in mysql::server. The includedir location is by default set to /etc/mysql/conf.d.

Working with an existing server

You can use the MySQL module to instantiate databases and users on an existing MySQL server. For this to work, you need an appropriate .my.cnf in root's home directory containing the remote server address and credentials. For example:

[client]
user=root
host=localhost
password=secret

When working with a remote server, do not use the mysql::server class in your Puppet manifests.

Reference

Classes

Public classes

• mysql::server: Installs and configures MySQL.
• mysql::server::monitor: Sets up a monitoring user.
• mysql::server::mysqltuner: Installs MySQL tuner script.
• mysql::server::backup: Sets up MySQL backups via cron.
• mysql::bindings: Installs various MySQL language bindings.
• mysql::client: Installs MySQL client (for non-servers).

Private classes

• mysql::server::install: Installs packages.
• mysql::server::config: Configures MYSQL.
• mysql::server::service: Manages service.
• mysql::server::account_security: Deletes default MySQL accounts.
• mysql::server::root_password: Sets MySQL root password.
• mysql::server::providers: Creates users, grants, and databases.
• mysql::bindings::client_dev: Installs MySQL client development package.
• mysql::bindings::daemon_dev: Installs MySQL daemon development package.
• mysql::bindings::java: Installs Java bindings.
• mysql::bindings::perl: Installs Perl bindings.
• mysql::bindings::php: Installs PHP bindings.
• mysql::bindings::python: Installs Python bindings.
• mysql::bindings::ruby: Installs Ruby bindings.
• mysql::client::install: Installs MySQL client.
• mysql::backup::mysqldump: Implements mysqldump backups.
• mysql::backup::mysqlbackup: Implements backups with Oracle MySQL Enterprise Backup.
• mysql::backup::xtrabackup: Implements backups with XtraBackup from Percona.

Parameters

mysql::server

create_root_user

Specify whether root user should be created. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'true'.

This is useful for a cluster setup with Galera. The root user has to be created only once. create_root_user can be set to 'true' on one node while it is set to 'false' on the remaining nodes.

create_root_my_cnf

If set to 'true', creates /root/.my.cnf. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'true'.

create_root_my_cnf allows creation of /root/.my.cnf independently of create_root_user. This can be used for a cluster setup with Galera where you want /root/.my.cnf to exist on all nodes.

root_password

The MySQL root password. Puppet attempts to set the root password and update /root/.my.cnf with it.

This is required if create_root_user or create_root_my_cnf are 'true'. If root_password is 'UNSET', then create_root_user and create_root_my_cnf are assumed to be false --- that is, the MySQL root user and /root/.my.cnf are not created.

Password changes are supported; however, the old password must be set in /root/.my.cnf. Effectively, Puppet uses the old password, configured in /root/my.cnf, to set the new password in MySQL, and then updates /root/.my.cnf with the new password.

old_root_password

This parameter no longer does anything. It exists only for backwards compatibility. See the root_password parameter above for details on changing the root password.

override_options

The hash of override options to pass into MySQL. Structured like a hash in the my.cnf file:

$override_options = {
  'section' => {
    'item'             => 'thing',
  }
}

See Customizing Server Options above for usage details.

config_file

The location, as a path, of the MySQL configuration file.

manage_config_file

Whether the MySQL configuration file should be managed. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'true'.

includedir

The location, as a path, of !includedir for custom configuration overrides.

install_options

Pass install_options array to managed package resources. You must pass the appropriate options for the specified package manager.

purge_conf_dir

Whether the includedir directory should be purged. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

restart

Whether the service should be restarted when things change. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

root_group

The name of the group used for root. Can be a group name or a group ID. See more about the group file attribute.

mysql_group

The name of the group of the MySQL daemon user. Can be a group name or a group ID. See more about the group file attribute.

package_ensure

Whether the package exists or should be a specific version. Valid values are 'present', 'absent', or 'x.y.z'. Defaults to 'present'.

package_manage

Whether to manage the MySQL server package. Defaults to true.

package_name

The name of the MySQL server package to install.

remove_default_accounts

Specify whether to automatically include mysql::server::account_security. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

service_enabled

Specify whether the service should be enabled. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'true'.

service_manage

Specify whether the service should be managed. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'true'.

service_name

The name of the MySQL server service. Defaults are OS dependent, defined in params.pp.

service_provider

The provider to use to manage the service. For Ubuntu, defaults to 'upstart'; otherwise, default is undefined.

users

Optional hash of users to create, which are passed to mysql_user.

users => {
  'someuser@localhost' => {
    ensure                   => 'present',
    max_connections_per_hour => '0',
    max_queries_per_hour     => '0',
    max_updates_per_hour     => '0',
    max_user_connections     => '0',
    password_hash            => '*F3A2A51A9B0F2BE2468926B4132313728C250DBF',
  },
}

grants

Optional hash of grants, which are passed to mysql_grant.

grants => {
  'someuser@localhost/somedb.*' => {
    ensure     => 'present',
    options    => ['GRANT'],
    privileges => ['SELECT', 'INSERT', 'UPDATE', 'DELETE'],
    table      => 'somedb.*',
    user       => 'someuser@localhost',
  },
}

databases

Optional hash of databases to create, which are passed to mysql_database.

databases   => {
  'somedb'  => {
    ensure  => 'present',
    charset => 'utf8',
  },
}

mysql::server::backup

backupuser

MySQL user to create for backups.

backuppassword

MySQL user password for backups.

backupdir

Directory in which to store backups.

backupdirmode

Permissions applied to the backup directory. This parameter is passed directly to the file resource.

backupdirowner

Owner for the backup directory. This parameter is passed directly to the file resource.

backupdirgroup

Group owner for the backup directory. This parameter is passed directly to the file resource.

backupcompress

Whether backups should be compressed. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'true'.

backuprotate

How many days to keep backups. Valid value is an integer. Defaults to '30'.

delete_before_dump

Whether to delete old .sql files before backing up. Setting to 'true' deletes old files before backing up, while setting to 'false' deletes them after backup. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

backupdatabases

Specify an array of databases to back up.

file_per_database

Whether a separate file be used per database. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

include_routines

Whether or not to include routines for each database when doing a file_per_database backup. Defaults to false.

include_triggers

Whether or not to include triggers for each database when doing a file_per_database backup. Defaults to false.

ensure

Allows you to remove the backup scripts. Valid values are 'present', 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

execpath

Allows you to set a custom PATH should your MySQL installation be non-standard places. Defaults to /usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin.

time

An array of two elements to set the backup time. Allows ['23', '5'] (i.e., 23:05) or ['3', '45'] (i.e., 03:45) for HH:MM times.

postscript

A script that is executed when the backup is finished. This could be used to (r)sync the backup to a central store. This script can be either a single line that is directly executed or a number of lines supplied as an array. It could also be one or more externally managed (executable) files.

prescript

A script that is executed before the backup begins.

provider

Sets the server backup implementation. Valid values are:

• mysqldump: Implements backups with mysqldump. Backup type: Logical. This is the default value.
• mysqlbackup: Implements backups with MySQL Enterprise Backup from Oracle. Backup type: Physical. To use this type of backup, you'll need the meb package, which is available in RPM and TAR formats from Oracle. For Ubuntu, you can use meb-deb to create a package from an official tarball.
• xtrabackup: Implements backups with XtraBackup from Percona. Backup type: Physical.

mysql::server::monitor

mysql_monitor_username

The username to create for MySQL monitoring.

mysql_monitor_password

The password to create for MySQL monitoring.

mysql_monitor_hostname

The hostname from which the monitoring user requests are allowed access.

mysql::server::mysqltuner

Note: If you're using this class on a non-network-connected system, you must download the mysqltuner.pl script and have it hosted somewhere accessible via http(s)://, puppet://, ftp://, or a fully qualified file path.

ensure

Ensures that the resource exists. Valid values are present, absent. Defaults to present.

version

The version to install from the major/MySQLTuner-perl github repository. Must be a valid tag. Defaults to 'v1.3.0'.

source

Parameter to optionally specify the source. If not specified, defaults to https://github.com/major/MySQLTuner-perl/raw/${version}/mysqltuner.pl

mysql::bindings

client_dev

Specify whether ::mysql::bindings::client_dev should be included. Valid values are true', 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

daemon_dev

Specify whether ::mysql::bindings::daemon_dev should be included. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

java_enable

Specify whether ::mysql::bindings::java should be included. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

perl_enable

Specify whether mysql::bindings::perl should be included. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

php_enable

Specify whether mysql::bindings::php should be included. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

python_enable

Specify whether mysql::bindings::python should be included. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

ruby_enable

Specify whether mysql::bindings::ruby should be included. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

install_options

Pass install_options array to managed package resources. You must pass the appropriate options for the package manager(s).

client_dev_package_ensure

Whether the package should be present, absent, or a specific version. Valid values are 'present', 'absent', or 'x.y.z'. Only applies if client_dev => true.

client_dev_package_name

The name of the client_dev package to install. Only applies if client_dev => true.

client_dev_package_provider

The provider to use to install the client_dev package. Only applies if client_dev => true.

daemon_dev_package_ensure

Whether the package should be present, absent, or a specific version. Valid values are 'present', 'absent', or 'x.y.z'. Only applies if daemon_dev => true.

daemon_dev_package_name

The name of the daemon_dev package to install. Only applies if daemon_dev => true.

daemon_dev_package_provider

The provider to use to install the daemon_dev package. Only applies if daemon_dev => true.

java_package_ensure

Whether the package should be present, absent, or a specific version. Valid values are 'present', 'absent', or 'x.y.z'. Only applies if java_enable => true.

java_package_name

The name of the Java package to install. Only applies if java_enable => true.

java_package_provider

The provider to use to install the Java package. Only applies if java_enable => true.

perl_package_ensure

Whether the package should be present, absent, or a specific version. Valid values are 'present', 'absent', or 'x.y.z'. Only applies if perl_enable => true.

perl_package_name

The name of the Perl package to install. Only applies if perl_enable => true.

perl_package_provider

The provider to use to install the Perl package. Only applies if perl_enable => true.

php_package_ensure

Whether the package should be present, absent, or a specific version. Valid values are 'present', 'absent', or 'x.y.z'. Only applies if php_enable => true.

php_package_name

The name of the PHP package to install. Only applies if php_enable => true.

python_package_ensure

Whether the package should be present, absent, or a specific version. Valid values are 'present', 'absent', or 'x.y.z'. Only applies if python_enable => true.

python_package_name

The name of the Python package to install. Only applies if python_enable => true.

python_package_provider

The provider to use to install the PHP package. Only applies if python_enable => true.

ruby_package_ensure

Whether the package should be present, absent, or a specific version. Valid values are 'present', 'absent', or 'x.y.z'. Only applies if ruby_enable => true.

ruby_package_name

The name of the Ruby package to install. Only applies if ruby_enable => true.

ruby_package_provider

What provider should be used to install the package.

mysql::client

bindings_enable

Whether to automatically install all bindings. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Default to 'false'.

install_options

Array of install options for managed package resources. You must pass the appropriate options for the package manager.

package_ensure

Whether the MySQL package should be present, absent, or a specific version. Valid values are 'present', 'absent', or 'x.y.z'.

package_manage

Whether to manage the MySQL client package. Defaults to true.

package_name

The name of the MySQL client package to install.

Defines

mysql::db

mysql_database { 'information_schema':
  ensure  => 'present',
  charset => 'utf8',
  collate => 'utf8_swedish_ci',
}
mysql_database { 'mysql':
  ensure  => 'present',
  charset => 'latin1',
  collate => 'latin1_swedish_ci',
}

user

The user for the database you're creating.

password

The password for $user for the database you're creating.

dbname

The name of the database to create. Defaults to $name.

charset

The character set for the database. Defaults to 'utf8'.

collate

The collation for the database. Defaults to 'utf8_general_ci'.

host

The host to use as part of user@host for grants. Defaults to 'localhost'.

grant

The privileges to be granted for user@host on the database. Defaults to 'ALL'.

sql

The path to the sqlfile you want to execute. This can be single file specified as string, or it can be an array of strings. Defaults to undef.

enforce_sql

Specify whether executing the sqlfiles should happen on every run. If set to 'false', sqlfiles only run once. Valid values are 'true', 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

ensure

Specify whether to create the database. Valid values are 'present', 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

import_timeout

Timeout, in seconds, for loading the sqlfiles. Defaults to '300'.

Types

mysql_database

mysql_database creates and manages databases within MySQL.

ensure

Whether the resource is present. Valid values are 'present', 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

name

The name of the MySQL database to manage.

charset

The CHARACTER SET setting for the database. Defaults to ':utf8'.

collate

The COLLATE setting for the database. Defaults to ':utf8_general_ci'.

mysql_user

Creates and manages user grants within MySQL.

mysql_user { 'root@127.0.0.1':
  ensure                   => 'present',
  max_connections_per_hour => '0',
  max_queries_per_hour     => '0',
  max_updates_per_hour     => '0',
  max_user_connections     => '0',
}

You can also specify an authentication plugin.

mysql_user{ 'myuser'@'localhost':
  ensure                   => 'present',
  plugin                   => 'unix_socket',
}

name

The name of the user, as 'username@hostname' or username@hostname.

password_hash

The user's password hash of the user. Use mysql_password() for creating such a hash.

max_user_connections

Maximum concurrent connections for the user. Must be an integer value. A value of '0' specifies no (or global) limit.

max_connections_per_hour

Maximum connections per hour for the user. Must be an integer value. A value of '0' specifies no (or global) limit.

max_queries_per_hour

Maximum queries per hour for the user. Must be an integer value. A value of '0' specifies no (or global) limit.

max_updates_per_hour

Maximum updates per hour for the user. Must be an integer value. A value of '0' specifies no (or global) limit.

mysql_grant

mysql_grant creates grant permissions to access databases within MySQL. To create grant permissions to access databases with MySQL, use it you must create the title of the resource as shown below, following the pattern of username@hostname/database.table:

mysql_grant { 'root@localhost/*.*':
  ensure     => 'present',
  options    => ['GRANT'],
  privileges => ['ALL'],
  table      => '*.*',
  user       => 'root@localhost',
}

It is possible to specify privileges down to the column level:

mysql_grant { 'root@localhost/mysql.user':
  ensure     => 'present',
  privileges => ['SELECT (Host, User)'],
  table      => 'mysql.user',
  user       => 'root@localhost',
}

ensure

Whether the resource is present. Valid values are 'present', 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

name

Name to describe the grant. Must in a 'user/table' format.

privileges

Privileges to grant the user.

table

The table to which privileges are applied.

user

User to whom privileges are granted.

options

MySQL options to grant. Optional.

mysql_plugin

mysql_plugin can be used to load plugins into the MySQL Server.

mysql_plugin { 'auth_socket':
  ensure     => 'present',
  soname     => 'auth_socket.so',
}

ensure

Whether the resource is present. Valid values are 'present', 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

name

The name of the MySQL plugin to manage.

soname

The library file name.

Facts

mysql_version

Determines the MySQL version by parsing the output from mysql --version

mysql_server_id

Generates a unique id, based on the node's MAC address, which can be used as server_id. This fact will always return 0 on nodes that have only loopback interfaces. Because those nodes aren't connected to the outside world, this shouldn't cause any conflicts.

Limitations

This module has been tested on:

• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7
• Debian 6, 7
• CentOS 5, 6, 7
• Ubuntu 10.04, 12.04, 14.04
• Scientific Linux 5, 6
• SLES 11

Testing on other platforms has been minimal and cannot be guaranteed.

Development

Puppet Labs modules on the Puppet Forge are open projects, and community contributions are essential for keeping them great. We can't access the huge number of platforms and myriad of hardware, software, and deployment configurations that Puppet is intended to serve.

We want to keep it as easy as possible to contribute changes so that our modules work in your environment. There are a few guidelines that we need contributors to follow so that we can have a chance of keeping on top of things.

Check out our the complete module contribution guide.

Authors

This module is based on work by David Schmitt. The following contributors have contributed to this module (beyond Puppet Labs):

• Larry Ludwig
• Christian G. Warden
• Daniel Black
• Justin Ellison
• Lowe Schmidt
• Matthias Pigulla
• William Van Hevelingen
• Michael Arnold
• Chris Weyl
• Daniël van Eeden