How to setup MySQL Replication using SSL on Ubuntu

Let’s setup MySQL replication using SSL on Ubuntu. We’ll be using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and whatever version of MySQL it wants to install by default.

To be fair, the differences in MySQL versions won’t really change how we approach this.

Throughout this article, I will be referring to the MySQL servers as MySQL1 and MySQL2. MySQL1 will be the master database, and MySQL2 will be the replication database.

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How to setup MySQL Replication using SSL on Ubuntu

To setup MySQL replication on Ubuntu using SSL, we need to run through a few steps. However, I will assume that you already have two Ubuntu servers, and that they are on the same network.

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Both Systems

Install MySQL

First, run this command on both systems to install and configure MySQL. I’ll leave explanations throughout this guide. If you have…