/ansible-role-mysql-replication

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Ansible Role: MySQL Replication

This role configures mysql or mariadb replication with GTID if possible.

Requirements

At least two working mysql servers with binary logs enabled.

Role Variables

Variable Description Default
mysql_replication_user Defines the replication user mandatory
mysql_socket MySQL Unix domain socket used for connections /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
mysql_replication_primary IP address or FQDN of the primary mandatory
mariadb_primary_use_gtid The value passed to [primary_use_gtid] (MariaDB only) slave_pos

mysql_replication_user

This variable represents the replication user and its associated rights as a YAML dictionary using the following structure:

Variable Description Default
name Name of the replication user mandatory
host The 'host' part of the MySQL username %
password User's password mandatory
priv MySQL privileges string in the format *.*:REPLICATION SLAVE,REPLICATION CLIENT

Example:

mysql_replication_user:
  name: replication
  host: 192.168.25.%
  password: "{{ vault_replication_password }}"

Dependencies

collection community.mysql >= 3.1.0 (included in ansible >= 6.x)

Example of a bi-directional replication

Inventory:

all:
  children:
    db:
      vars:
        mysql_replication_user:
          name: replication
          host: 192.68.25.%
          password: "P@ssW0rD!"
      hosts:
        db1.exemple.com:
          mysql_replication_primary: db2.exemple.com
        db2.exemple.com:
          mysql_replication_primary: db1.exemple.com

Playbook:

- hosts: db
  roles:
    - role: ansible-role-mysql-replication

License

MIT / ISC

Contributing

To get in touch with the author you can create a issue on github when requesting features.

Author Information

This role was created in 2021 by Olivier Pouilly on the behalf of Deveryware.