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Create Aiven for MySQL® read replicas

Learn how to create an Aiven for MySQL® read replica to provide a read-only instance of your managed MySQL service in another geographically autonomous region.

About read replicas​

Aiven for MySQL read-only replicas provide a great way to reduce the load on the primary server by enabling read-only queries to be performed against the replica. It is also a good way to optimise query response times across different geographical locations since, with Aiven, the replica can be placed in different regions or even different cloud providers.

Using read-only replicas works as an extra measure to protect your data from the unlikely event that a whole region would go down. It can also improve performance if a read-only replica is placed closer to your end-users that read from the database.

Create a read replica​

  1. On the Overview page of your service, go to the Read replica section.
  2. Click Create replica.
  3. Enter a name for the replica.
  4. Select a Cloud.
  5. Select a Plan.
  6. Click Create.

You can see the read-only replica being created and listed next to other Aiven service in the Services page in Aiven Console.