The Ultimate Guide to High Availability with MariaDB
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Understanding MaxScale's Administrative Interfaces

Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Tools Supported by MaxScale

Overview

MariaDB MaxScale provides various administrative interfaces can be used to perform the following tasks:

  • Setting a server to maintenance mode.
  • Reconfiguring monitors.
  • Reconfiguring routers.
  • And much more.

Tools Supported by MaxScale

MaxScale supports different administrative interfaces for different kinds of environments and preferences:

InterfaceDescription
MaxCtrlCommand-line administrative utility.
MaxGUIGraphical administrative utility.
REST APIREST API for programmatic administration.
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