This article will take you through configuring mysql cluster on CentOS, Since configuration is same this should work with other distros like ubuntu. Replication Master Configuration Add following in my.cnf [mysqld] log-bin=mysql-bin server-id=1 ubuntu service mysql start centos service mysqld start Creating a User for Replication ON MASTER mysql>GRANT REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* TO ‘repl’@'SLAVE-SERVER-IP/HOSTNAME’ [...]