Official ProxySQL Documentation

Quick Guides

The quick guides are designed to get you up and running quickly with ProxySQL. These guides are aimed at helping someone new to ProxySQL in understanding the basic configuration concepts.

The initial guides deal with installing ProxySQL and performing the initial configuration. Guides detailing the two main use cases for ProxySQL namely Read/Write Split and Sharding are also avaiable here.

Download and Install ProxySQL

Step by Step Installation Guide

First steps after installing

How to configure ProxySQL for the first time

Upgrading ProxySQL

How to set up ProxySQL Read/Write Split

How to set up ProxySQL Sharding

Reference Manual

The Basics


Before delving into the ProxySQL configuration specifics it is crucial to understand the Multi Layer Configuration System and how ProxySQL’s supported backend servers are configured and monitored in ProxySQL.

ProxySQL’s general behavior is controlled by the Global Variables. ProxySQL Admin Variables are controlled separately to MySQL traffic and monitoring variables.

Security


All ProxySQL security functions are configurable via the ProxySQL Admin interface and are documented in the pages found here.

Features


Here you will find configuration details for specific ProxySQL features and interesting information related to the inner workings of ProxySQL. Topics cover various design aspects that are of interest to more advanced end-users and project contributors.

Misc Information