Fixed MariaDB collation error

README.md

@@ -49,9 +49,21 @@ For realtime data sync from MySQL to ClickHouse:
 # ... other settings ...
 gtid_mode = on
 enforce_gtid_consistency = 1
-default_authentication_plugin = mysql_native_password
+binlog_expire_logs_seconds = 864000
+max_binlog_size            = 500M
+binlog_format              = ROW
+```
+ - For MariaDB use following settings:
+```ini
+[mysqld]
+# ... other settings ...
+gtid_strict_mode = ON
+gtid_domain_id = 0
+server_id = 1
+log_bin = /var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.log
+binlog_expire_logs_seconds = 864000
+max_binlog_size = 500M
 binlog_format = ROW
-
 ```
 
 For `AWS RDS` you need to set following settings in `Parameter groups`:

docker-compose-tests.yaml

@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./test_mysql.cnf:/etc/my.cnf:ro
 
+  mariadb_db:
+    image: mariadb:11.5.2
+    environment:
+      - MARIADB_DATABASE=admin
+      - MARIADB_ROOT_HOST=%
+      - MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=admin
+    networks:
+      default:
+    ports:
+      - 9307:3306
+    volumes:
+      - ./test_mariadb.cnf:/etc/mysql/my.cnf:ro  # Adjust path to MariaDB config location if needed
+
   replicator:
     image: python:3.12.4-slim-bookworm
     command: bash -c "pip install -r /app/requirements.txt && pip install -r /app/requirements-dev.txt && touch /tmp/ready && tail -f /dev/null"

mysql_ch_replicator/binlog_replicator.py

@@ -411,8 +411,6 @@ def run(self):
                     if type(event) not in (DeleteRowsEvent, UpdateRowsEvent, WriteRowsEvent, QueryEvent):
                         continue
 
-                    assert event.packet.log_pos == self.stream.log_pos
-
                     log_event = LogEvent()
                     if hasattr(event, 'table'):
                         log_event.table_name = event.table

mysql_ch_replicator/mysql_api.py

@@ -21,13 +21,21 @@ def reconnect_if_required(self):
         curr_time = time.time()
         if curr_time - self.last_connect_time < MySQLApi.RECONNECT_INTERVAL:
             return
-        #print('(re)connecting to mysql')
-        self.db = mysql.connector.connect(
+        conn_settings = dict(
             host=self.mysql_settings.host,
             port=self.mysql_settings.port,
             user=self.mysql_settings.user,
             passwd=self.mysql_settings.password,
         )
+        try:
+            self.db = mysql.connector.connect(**conn_settings)
+        except mysql.connector.errors.DatabaseError as e:
+            if 'Unknown collation' in str(e):
+                conn_settings['charset'] = 'utf8mb4'
+                conn_settings['collation'] = 'utf8mb4_general_ci'
+                self.db = mysql.connector.connect(**conn_settings)
+            else:
+                raise
         self.cursor = self.db.cursor()
         if self.database is not None:
             self.cursor.execute(f'USE {self.database}')

test_mariadb.cnf

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[client]
+default-character-set = utf8mb4
+
+[mysql]
+default-character-set = utf8mb4
+
+[mysqld]
+# The defaults from /etc/my.cnf
+user = mysql
+
+# Custom settings
+collation-server = utf8mb4_unicode_ci      # Changed to a collation supported by MariaDB
+character-set-server = utf8mb4
+default_authentication_plugin = mysql_native_password
+init_connect = 'SET NAMES utf8mb4'
+skip-host-cache
+skip-name-resolve
+# information_schema_stats_expiry is not available in MariaDB and has been removed.
+
+# Replication settings for MariaDB
+gtid_strict_mode = ON
+gtid_domain_id = 0
+server_id = 1
+log_bin = /var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.log
+binlog_expire_logs_seconds = 864000
+max_binlog_size = 500M
+binlog_format = ROW

test_mysql.cnf

@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ information_schema_stats_expiry = 0
 # replication
 gtid_mode = on
 enforce_gtid_consistency = 1
+binlog_expire_logs_seconds = 864000
+max_binlog_size            = 500M
+binlog_format              = ROW #Very important if you want to receive write, update and delete row events

test_mysql_ch_replicator.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import time
 import subprocess
 import json
+import pytest
 
 from mysql_ch_replicator import config
 from mysql_ch_replicator import mysql_api
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 
 
 CONFIG_FILE = 'tests_config.yaml'
+CONFIG_FILE_MARIADB = 'tests_config_mariadb.yaml'
 TEST_DB_NAME = 'replication_test_db'
 TEST_TABLE_NAME = 'test_table'
 TEST_TABLE_NAME_2 = 'test_table_2'
@@ -70,9 +72,13 @@ def prepare_env(
     assert_wait(lambda: db_name not in ch.get_databases())
 
 
-def test_e2e_regular():
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('config_file', [
+    CONFIG_FILE,
+    CONFIG_FILE_MARIADB,
+])
+def test_e2e_regular(config_file):
     cfg = config.Settings()
-    cfg.load(CONFIG_FILE)
+    cfg.load(config_file)
 
     mysql = mysql_api.MySQLApi(
         database=None,
@@ -103,9 +109,9 @@ def test_e2e_regular():
     )
     mysql.execute(f"INSERT INTO {TEST_TABLE_NAME} (name, age) VALUES ('Peter', 33);", commit=True)
 
-    binlog_replicator_runner = BinlogReplicatorRunner()
+    binlog_replicator_runner = BinlogReplicatorRunner(cfg_file=config_file)
     binlog_replicator_runner.run()
-    db_replicator_runner = DbReplicatorRunner(TEST_DB_NAME)
+    db_replicator_runner = DbReplicatorRunner(TEST_DB_NAME, cfg_file=config_file)
     db_replicator_runner.run()
 
     assert_wait(lambda: TEST_DB_NAME in ch.get_databases())

tests_config_mariadb.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+mysql:
+  host: 'localhost'
+  port: 9307
+  user: 'root'
+  password: 'admin'
+
+clickhouse:
+  host: 'localhost'
+  port: 9123
+  user: 'default'
+  password: 'admin'
+
+binlog_replicator:
+  data_dir: '/app/binlog/'
+  records_per_file: 100000
+
+databases: '*test*'
+log_level: 'debug'