Replace MySQL with Percona Server on RHEL or CentOS in Vesta Control Panel
You can safely replace MySQL with Percona Server without lossing any data. In order to do it, please follow the instructions bellow
1. Install Percona repository
yum install http://www.percona.com/downloads/percona-release/redhat/0.1-3/percona-release-0.1-3.noarch.rpm
2. Remove MySQL packages
yum remove mysql mysql-server mysql-libs
3. Install Percona packages
yum install Percona-Server-server-55
4. Start Percona Server
service mysql start
5. Set Percona Server to auto-start
chkconfig mysql on
Please note that you might also need to update php-mysqlnd package if you are using remi
yum install php-mysqlnd phpmyadmin –enablerepo=remi
mv /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpMyAdmin.conf.rpmsave /etc/httpd/conf.d
service httpd restart