MySQL Master-Master replication adds speed and redundancy for active websites. With replication, two separate MySQL servers act as a cluster. Database clustering is particularly useful for high availability website configurations. Use two separate Linodes to configure database replication, each with private IPv4 addresses.
This guide is written for a non-root user. Commands that require elevated privileges are prefixed with
sudo
. If you’re not familiar with thesudo
command, you can check our Users and Groups guide.This guide is written for Debian 7 or Ubuntu 14.04.