Configuring MySQL and Aspera Services: Overview

When the ACM software is implemented in a high availability environment, the MySQL database is shared by the Aspera servers. Orchestrator accesses the shared MySQL database with the root account.

In order to configure the MySQL database to recognize the account, it is necessary to grant access privileges for the account within the database before the database is shared. This process involves using one system to configure the database for the root account, configuring each of the servers to use the shared database, and configuring each Orchestrator server to use a special database.yml file that specifies a primary and secondary MySQL server.