Clones, Doppelgängers, Threads and Slaves: Notes On MySQL Replication

Notes on MySQL replication terminology, how to interpret the results of SHOW SLAVE STATUS and SHOW MASTER STATUS, and how to correctly configure replication for new slave and master hosts in your MySQL clusters.

Note that the technical details of e.g. cloning a MySQL server aren’t covered; let’s consider them left as exercises for the reader.

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