MaxScale Release Notes

1.2 GA

This document details the changes in version 1.2 since the release of the 1.1.1 GA Release of the MaxScale product.

###PLEASE NOTICE: MaxScale installation directories have changed in this version The 1.2 version of MaxScale differs from previos versions in its installation layout. Please take great care when upgrading MaxScale from previous versions to version 1.2. An automatic upgrade will not work due to the severe changes in the installation layout.

New Features

Non-root MaxScale

You can now run MaxScale as any user. The standard installation of a MaxScale package now creates the maxscale user and the maxscale group.

FHS-compliant installation

The 1.2 version of MaxScale now complies to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. This means that MAXSCALE_HOME is no longer necessary and directories can be moved to different locations.

A quick list of changes in installation directories and file names:

Binaries go into /usr/bin
Configuration files to /etc and the configuration file is now lower case: maxscale.cnf
Logs to /var/log/maxscale
The module and library directory have been combined into a single directory in /usr/lib64/maxscale. If you have custom modules please make sure they are located there.
Data directory is /var/lib/maxscale. This is the default location for MaxScale-specific data.
PID file can be found at /var/run/maxscale

Client side SSL encryption

MaxScale now supports SSL/TLS encrypted connections to MaxScale.

Monitor scripts

State changes in backend servers can now trigger the execution of a custom script. With this you can easily customize MaxScale's behavior.

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