Managed Azure hosting for MySQL Community Edition relational databases, now in its flexible server form. Azure handles backups and patching, offers zone-redundant high availability, and it is often chosen for LAMP stack applications.
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Terms in this definition
- LAMP
Short for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (Perl and Python also fill the P): a widely used open-source stack for web applications whose database is frequently Azure Database for MySQL.
- Flexible Server
For Azure Database for PostgreSQL and Azure Database for MySQL alike, the fully managed way to deploy, with fine control over settings and how the database is run.
- Zone-redundant
Distributed over every availability zone in a region, allowing it to withstand losing one zone; a StandardV2 NAT gateway is an example.
- HA
High availability means a service keeps running despite local failures, for instance by spreading replicas across zones.
Related terms
- Microsoft Defender for open-source relational databases
Detects threats like brute-force attempts against Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL flexible servers, as well as Amazon RDS engines in linked AWS accounts; one of the Defender for Cloud plans.
- MySQL
The top open-source relational database for LAMP applications; Microsoft offers its Community Edition fully managed as Azure Database for MySQL.
- MySQL Flexible Server
Option for running Azure Database for MySQL. Burstable lacks zone-redundant high availability, which is available only on the General Purpose and Business Critical tiers.