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+=====================================
+Add MariaDB GTID Replication Strategy
+=====================================
+
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+
+Global Transaction ID (GTID) Replication support was added during
+the Kilo release for MySQL 5.6 and later. The equivalent for MySQL 5.6,
+MariaDB 10, has a different implementation of GTID. By creating a similar
+strategy implementation we could get support for GTID Replication for the
+MariaDB 10 datastore.
+
+Launchpad Blueprint:
+https://blueprints.launchpad.net/trove/+spec/mariadb-gtid-replication
+
+Problem Description
+===================
+
+In order to create a replica of a MariaDB instance you can only use
+binary logs based replication. GTID replication was added as an alternative
+for replication for MySQL 5.6, but it's not available
+for the equivalent for it, MariaDB 10.
+
+Proposed Change
+===============
+
+We would need to create
+trove/trove/guestagent/strategies/replication/experimental/mariadb_gtid.py
+in order to support replication for MariaDB.
+
+The SQL issued to set a new empty slave server and replicate all of the
+master's binlog from the start is as follows [2]_:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
+
+    CHANGE MASTER TO master_host="%(host)s", master_port=%(port)s, \
+    master_user="%(user)s", master_password="%(password)s", \
+    master_use_gtid=current_pos;
+    START SLAVE;
+
+
+By default, the GTID position for a newly installed server is empty,
+which makes the slave replicate from the start of the master's binlogs. [3]_
+current_pos in the SQL query carries that position.
+
+It doesn't differ too much on what is being done for MySQL [1]_,
+but doing a refactoring might not be the best call right now since
+it would add unnecessary complexity to the existing strategy.
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+None
+
+Database
+--------
+
+None
+
+Public API
+----------
+
+None
+
+Public API Security
+-------------------
+
+None
+
+Python API
+----------
+
+None
+
+CLI (python-troveclient)
+------------------------
+
+None
+
+Internal API
+------------
+
+None
+
+Guest Agent
+-----------
+
+None
+
+Alternatives
+------------
+
+Don't support GTID-based Replication for MariaDB.
+
+
+Dashboard Impact (UX)
+=====================
+
+None
+
+
+Implementation
+==============
+
+Assignee(s)
+-----------
+
+Primary assignee:
+  vkmc
+  vgnbkr
+
+Milestones
+----------
+
+Target Milestone for completion:
+  Mitaka-2
+
+Work Items
+----------
+
+* Create MariaDB GTID Replication strategy
+* Create integration tests for replication in MariaDB 10
+
+Upgrade Implications
+====================
+
+None
+
+Dependencies
+============
+
+None
+
+Testing
+=======
+
+Integration tests will be added to cover this functionality.
+
+Documentation Impact
+====================
+
+Docs explaining this new addition will be added.
+
+References
+==========
+
+.. [1] https://github.com/openstack/trove/blob/master/trove/guestagent/strategies/replication/mysql_gtid.py
+
+.. [2] https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/gtid/
+
+.. [3] https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/gtid/
+
+Appendix
+========
+
+None