Regular visitors of this website probably noticed we preferentially use Percona MySQL in our tutorials and scripts. Whereas, most of the sysadmin related websites and guides for installation of WordPress uses MariaDB. Here is a Practical Comparison of MariaDB Vs Percona For WordPress Installation. Do we have any special reason to prefer Percona MySQL? Yes. We are long term users of Percona. We are … [Read more...]
sqlmap Tutorial : WordPress SQL Injection Testing (White Hat)
We talked about SQL injection in older article. Here is a sqlmap tutorial for WordPress SQL injection testing for the beginners to test own website for potential vulnerabilities & fix them. This website and tutorial is intended for White Hat purposes only. Of course trying them upon others vulnerable WordPress installation will find the points and at the end it is possible to hack it. That is … [Read more...]
mysqlslap Tutorial : Basics on MySQL Stress Test Tool
Here is basic mysqlslap Tutorial to perform MySQL stress test. MySQL comes with mysqlslap, a benchmarking tool which can help you to test database servers. For MySQL optimization test, we usually use Major Hayden's MySQL Tuner Script. This mysqlslap tutorial is for the beginners. One should read in the way we normally handle MySQL database from command line. mysqlslap Tutorial : First … [Read more...]
MySQL InnoDB Optimization From my.cnf
On Rackspace Cloud Server PVHVM, We Can Further Optimize MySQL. Here are some performance tweaks for MySQL InnoDB optimization from my.cnf. WordPress or other PHP-MySQL based softwares usually have no default set choice for InnoDB or MyISAM as driving Engine. We previously discussed the topic - InnoDB actually performs better than MyISAM For WordPress, specially on multi-server configuration. You … [Read more...]
Delete MySQL Database From Command Line
Here is how to delete MySQL database from Command Line Interface or SSH using MySQL drop database command. It is quite simple and easy. Previously, we have shown how to export WordPress MySQL Database on Rackspace Deployment using only Command Line Interface. MySQL by default has quite powerful interactive interface. PHPMyAdmin is a risk itself if run for production environment. Before the reader … [Read more...]