The crucial detail is log_slave_updates = 1 on the first slave to be able to pass on the replication updates to the next machine in the chain.... Read More

So the old way (worked in 5.1) of automating the replication setup doesn’t work anymore, luckily the below works just as well.... Read More

Update: Apparently the master connection info gets cached in /var/lib/mysql/master.info so whenever you change the settings in my.cnf you need to remove it before you restart mysql.... Read More

I just realized I needed to replicate some data from one database to another, but only certain tables.... Read More