From 93e45b2ed8a3356e83f70d4bcf10521b75e023a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bert hubert Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 11:49:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add warning about MySQL views --- docs/backends/generic-mysql.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/backends/generic-mysql.rst b/docs/backends/generic-mysql.rst index 5cbf04418f..23cdd509b1 100644 --- a/docs/backends/generic-mysql.rst +++ b/docs/backends/generic-mysql.rst @@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ Generic MySQL backend point this is going to harm your database, for example when an incoming zone transfer fails. +.. warning:: + While it is possible to run the Generic MySQL backend on top of MySQL + views, we have received several reports of this causing performance + problems and memory leaks. Please know that when reporting problems when + running PowerDNS on top of a modified schema, our open source support + offering requires you to reproduce your problem on an unmodified schema without + views. + The default schema is included at the bottom of this page. :ref:`migration-zone2sql` with the ``--gmysql`` flag also assumes this layout is in place. For full migration notes, please see -- 2.47.2