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# MariaDB MaxScale 2.2.1 Release Notes
Release 2.2.1 is a Beta release.
This document describes the changes in release 2.2.1, when compared to
release 2.2.0.
For any problems you encounter, please consider submitting a bug
report at [Jira](https://jira.mariadb.org).
## Changed Features
### Process identity
By default, MaxScale can no longer be run as `root`, but must be run as some
other user. However, it is possible to start MaxScale as `root`, as long as
the user to run MaxScale as is provided as a command line argument:
```
root@host:~# maxscale --user=maxuser ...
```
If it is imperative to run MaxScale as root, e.g. in a Docker container, it
can be achieved by invoking MaxScale as root and by explicitly specifying
the user to also be root:
```
root@host:~# maxscale --user=root ...
```
### Binlog server
* The `mariadb10_slave_gtid` parameter was removed and slave connections can now
always register with MariaDB 10 GTID.
* The `binlog_structure` parameter was removed and the binlogs are stored
automatically in 'tree' mode when `mariadb10_master_gtid` is enabled.
* If `mariadb10_master_gtid` is enabled, the `transaction_safety` is
automatically enabled. In MaxScale 2.2.0, if `transaction_safety` was disabled
when `mariadb10_master_gtid` was enabled MaxScale would refuse to start.
### MySQL Monitor
The default value of the configuration parameter `detect_standalone_master` has
been changed from `false` to `true`.
## Dropped Features
## New Features
### MySQL Monitor
MySQL Monitor can now perform *failover* (replace a dead master), *switchover*
(replace a running master) and *rejoin* (join a standalone node to the
master-slave cluster). All of these features only work with a simple 1-master
N-slaves cluster using Gtid replication. Failover and switchover can be
activated through maxadmin or the REST-API. Failover and rejoin can be set to
activate automatically. For more information, see the
[MySQL Monitor documentation](../Monitors/MySQL-Monitor.md).
### REST API Relationship Endpoints
The _servers_, _monitors_ and _services_ types now support direct updating of
relationships via the `relationships` endpoints. This conforms to the JSON API
specification on updating resource relationships.
For more information, refer to the REST API documentation. An example of this
can be found in the
[Server Resource documentation](../REST-API/Resources-Server.md#update-server-relationships).
### PL/SQL Comaptibility
The parser of MaxScale has been extended to support the PL/SQL compatibility
features of the upcoming 10.3 release. For more information on how to enable
this mode, please refer to the
[configuration guide](../Getting-Started/Configuration-Guide.md#sql_mode).
This functionality was available already in MaxScale 2.2.0.
### Environment Variables in the configuration file
If the global configuration entry `substitute_variables` is set to true,
then if the first character of a value in the configuration file is a `$`
then everything following that is interpreted as an environment variable
and the configuration value is replaced with the value of the environment
variable. For more information please consult the
[Configuration Guide](../Getting-Started/Configuration-Guide.md).
### Cache behaviour in transactions
It can now be specified how the cache should be behave when a transaction
is active. Please refer to the [documentation](../Filters/Cache.md)
for details.
## Bug fixes
[Here is a list of bugs fixed in MaxScale 2.2.1.](https://jira.mariadb.org/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20MXS%20AND%20issuetype%20%3D%20Bug%20AND%20status%20%3D%20Closed%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.2.1)
* [MXS-1545](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1545) Fix GTID connecting slave error detections
* [MXS-1525](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1525) Firewall filter does not check exact match for host
* [MXS-1519](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1519) Firewall instances can interfere with each other
* [MXS-1517](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1517) Retain stale master status even if the master goes down
* [MXS-1499](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1499) Add missing fields to SHOW ALL SLAVES STATUS
* [MXS-1486](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1486) The cache does not always update the cached entry even if it could
* [MXS-1461](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1461) NOT operation needed for firewall rule
* [MXS-1408](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1408) maxadmin not working in latest version
* [MXS-1327](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1327) set log-priority by maxadmin
## Known Issues and Limitations
There are some limitations and known issues within this version of MaxScale.
For more information, please refer to the [Limitations](../About/Limitations.md) document.
## Packaging
RPM and Debian packages are provided for the Linux distributions supported
by MariaDB Enterprise.
Packages can be downloaded [here](https://mariadb.com/resources/downloads).
## 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](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale).