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MariaDB MaxScale 2.3.0 Release Notes

Release 2.2.0 is a Beta release.

This document describes the changes in release 2.3.0, when compared to release 2.2.

For any problems you encounter, please consider submitting a bug report at Jira.

Changed Features

Session Command History

The readwritesplit session command history is now enabled mby default but it is limited to a total of 50 distict session commands. This default allows most sessions to leverage the newly improved reconnection mechanism without having to explicitly enable the history. When the limit of 50 commands is exceeded, the session command history is disabled. This makes it possible to use pooled connections by default without having to explicitly disable the history (this was the case with pre-2.1 versions of MaxScale).

The way that the history is stored has also changed. Instead of storing all session commands, each session only stores the first and last execution of each command. This way the history is compressed into a compact representation while still retaining the relative order of each command.

To keep the old functionality, add disable_sescmd_history=true to the service definition.

Masking Filter

By default the masking filter rejects statements that use functions on conjuction with columns that should be masked. Please see the Masking Filter documentation for details.

Switchover new master autoselection

The switchover command in mariadbmon can now be called with just the monitor name as parameter. In this case the monitor will automatically select a server for promotion.

router_options in Binlogrouter

The use of router_options with the binlogrouter module is deprecated in MaxScale 2.3 and will be removed in a subsequent release. The router_options should be converted into separate parameters.

Dropped Features

Configuration Reloading

The deprecated maxadmin reload config command has been removed.

router_options in Avrorouter

The use of router_options with avrorouter was deprecated in MaxScale 2.1. In MaxScale 2.3, the use of router_options is no longer supported and the options should be given as parameters instead.

router_options in readwritesplit

The use of router_options with readwritesplit, which was deprecated in MaxScale 2.2.0, has been removed in MaxScale 2.3.0.

QUERY-LAST-TRANSACTION and QUERY-TRANSACTION CDC commands

The CDC protocol no longer accepts the QUERY-LAST-TRANSACTION and QUERY-TRANSACTION commands. They were removed due to the addition of the REST API that provides the same information in a more easy to process format.

ssl for Servers and Listeners

The ssl parameter now accepts boolean values ìn addition to the old required and disabled values.

New Features

Runtime Configuration of the Cache

With the variable @maxscale.cache.enabled it is now possible for a client to specify whether the cache should be used. Please see the Cache documentation for details.

User Specified Syslog Facility and Level for Authentication Errors

It is now possible for the end user to specify the syslog facility and level for authentication errors. Please see the configuration guide for details.

ReadWriteSplit

A set of new features have been added to readwritesplit.

transaction_replay

The transaction_replay parameter enables replaying of transactions if a master server is lost mid-transaction. This allows transparent replacement of master servers with a minimal amount of failed transactions.

master_reconnection

With the master_reconnection parameter, if the connection to a master server is lost or the master server changes, readwritesplit can now reconnect seamlessly to the master server without losing the session state.

delayed_retry

The delayed_retry parameter allows queries to be automatically retried if their execution is interrupted.

causal_reads

The causal_reads parameter enables distributed consistent reads with MariaDB version 10.2 and newer.

Bug fixes

Here is a list of bugs fixed in MaxScale 2.3.0.

Known Issues and Limitations

There are some limitations and known issues within this version of MaxScale. For more information, please refer to the Limitations document.

Packaging

RPM and Debian packages are provided for the Linux distributions supported by MariaDB Enterprise.

Packages can be downloaded here.

Source Code

The source code of MaxScale is tagged at GitHub with a tag, which is identical with the version of MaxScale. For instance, the tag of version X.Y.Z of MaxScale is X.Y.Z. Further, master always refers to the latest released non-beta version.

The source code is available here.