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Doing the directory permission checks after all the values have been set helps avoid problems with intermediate values that aren't valid. This happens when --basedir generates invalid derived paths and the correct path is provided as an argument right after it. The path parameter is read from the configuration file only if it hasn't been modified by a command line option. The case where an invalid command line option is given but a valid configuration parameter would override it is still treated as an error. Also added a clarifying comment into set_dirs to make sure the handling for the two path parameters is not moved inside set_runtime_dirs. Fixed the testing scripts for the REST API and MaxCtrl now that the directory permission checks are done correctly. Previously some paths seem to have been ignored.
MaxScale by MariaDB Corporation
The MariaDB Corporation MaxScale is an intelligent proxy that allows forwarding of database statements to one or more database servers using complex rules, a semantic understanding of the database statements and the roles of the various servers within the backend cluster of databases.
MaxScale is designed to provide load balancing and high availability functionality transparently to the applications. In addition it provides a highly scalable and flexible architecture, with plugin components to support different protocols and routing decisions.
For a detailed overview of what MaxScale can do, read the MaxScale page on the MariaDB website.
An Google Group exists for MaxScale that can be used to discuss ideas, issues and communicate with the MaxScale community.
We're also on the #maria and #maxscale channels on FreeNode.
Please report all feature requests, improvements and bugs in the MariaDB Jira.
Getting Started
Read the Documentation Overview for a list of all MaxScale documents.
Documentation
The official documentation can be found on the MariaDB Knowledge Base.
A MaxScale Troubleshooting Guide can be found on the MariaDB Knowledgebase. It answers common questions encountered when installing and using MaxScale.
The documentation can also be found in the Documentation directory of the source tree.
Contributing Code
Read the Contributing page on the wiki for more information on how to do pull request and where to do them.