Elisa Usai

Changes that I like in the new MySQL 8.0.21

A new release of MySQL was out on July 13 (8.0.21). Among all the changes, there are some that I have already tested and that I really appreciate.

The evolution of MySQL authentication mechanism

The authentication, the first level of security for each IT system, is the stage to verify the user identity through the basic username and password scheme. It is crucial to have a mechanism to protect and secure password storing and(…)

Some words about SOUG Day in Lausanne

Today I participate to SOUG Day which takes place in Lausanne at the "Centre Pluriculturel et social d’Ouchy".

Install CentOS 8 on VirtualBox

Last days, I needed to test our DMK tool for the new MySQL and MariaDB releases on the most recent version of CentOS. Here you can find all important steps to configure(…)

POUG Conference 2019

POUG (Pint with Oracle users group) organized his annual conference on 6-7th September in Wroclaw in New Horizons Cinema.

SUSE Expert Days 2019 in Lausanne

dbi services is now SUSE Solution Partner. What better way to celebrate that than to attend an event? Last week I was at the SUSE Expert Days 2019 which took place at(…)

MySQL 8 and Security – Encryption of binary logs

As I discussed in some of my recent talks at conferences (at the DOAG for example), MySQL 8 came out with new features which bring lots of improvements in terms of security.

Italian Oracle User Group Tech Days 2019

The Italian Oracle User Group (ITOUG) is an independent group of Oracle enthusiasts and experts which work together as volunteers to promote technical knowledge sharing in Italy.

Password Verification Policy in MySQL 8.0.13

The new release 8.0.13 for MySQL is available since last week. Concerning security, this comes with a new feature already announced: the Password Verification Policy. Let's have a look...

Deploy a MySQL Server in Docker containers

We hear about Docker every day. By working on MySQL Server, I am curious to test this platform which makes it possible to create containers independent of the OS to deploy virtualized applications. So let's try to deploy a MySQL(…)