Overview
Exoscale Managed MySQL delivers a fully-managed, high-availability MySQL 8 (and 5.7 for legacy workloads) service. It removes the operational burden of provisioning, patching, scaling, and backing up databases, so you can focus on building applications rather than running infrastructure.
Terminology
- Service
- a running MySQL instance or cluster managed by Exoscale DBaaS
- Plan
- a resource / redundancy tier such as
hobbyist-1,business-32,premium-9x-16 - Fork
- a point-in-time clone of an existing service, useful for upgrades, testing, or disaster-recovery workflows
- Read Replica
- an additional node created with the built-in read-replica integration to offload read traffic
- Migration Wizard
- Portal / CLI workflow that imports data from an external MySQL 5.7 – 8.0 server
Features
- Managed Lifecycle
- automated provisioning, daily backups, minor-version patching, and plan resizing
- Scalability
- vertical scaling by changing plans and horizontal scaling via zone-level read replicas
- Integrated Backup & PITR
- automatic backups with point-in-time recovery on Business and Premium plans
- Wizard-driven migrations
- assisted replication or dump/import from external MySQL sources
- High SLA
- 99.95 % (Hobbyist & Startup) and 99.99 % (Business & Premium) availability guarantees
- API-first
- every feature exposed through
exo dbaas; common workflows also available in the Portal
Availability
Managed MySQL can be launched in every Exoscale zone:
| Zone | Country | City | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|
at-vie-1 | Austria | Vienna | |
at-vie-2 | Austria | Vienna | |
bg-sof-1 | Bulgaria | Sofia | |
ch-dk-2 | Switzerland | Zurich | |
ch-gva-2 | Switzerland | Geneva | |
de-fra-1 | Germany | Frankfurt | |
de-muc-1 | Germany | Munich | |
hr-zag-1 | Croatia | Zagreb |
Limitations
- Portal Feature Gap
- advanced settings (custom
mysql-settings, granular PITR windows, etc.) are currently CLI/API-only - Single-Zone Primaries
- primary clusters live in one zone; geo-redundancy is achieved via read-replica integration
- No Cross-Engine Integrations
- direct replication to PostgreSQL, Valkey, etc. is not supported
- Restricted Super-User Privileges
- operations requiring
SUPERor plugin installation are unavailable; contact Support for review - External Migration Scope
- built-in migration wizard supports MySQL 5.7 & 8.0; older versions require manual tools
NOTE For operational procedures (backups, upgrades, maintenance windows, …) see the section Operation. Hands-on guides (migrations, client libraries, Terraform modules, …) you can find under How-To.
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