Merge pull request #382 from percona/ps-9367

PS-9367 Update installation commands for 8.4

Author: patrickbirch

docs/additional-selinux-tools.md

@@ -2,13 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Installing SELinux management tools
 
-To install SELinux management tools on RHEL 7, use the following command as root:
-
-```{.bash data-prompt="$"}
-$ yum -y install policycoreutils-python
-```
-
-On RHEL 8, utilize the following command as root:
+To install SELinux management tools on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or later, run the following command as root:
 
 ```{.bash data-prompt="$"}
 $ yum -y install policycoreutils-python-utils

docs/apt-repo.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Specific information on the supported platforms, products, and versions is descr
 
 We gather [Telemetry data] in the Percona packages and Docker images.
 
+## ARM support
+
+The DEB builds for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, DEBIAN 11, and DEBIAN 12 contain ARM packages with the `aarch64.rpm` extension. This means that Percona Server for MySQL is available for users on ARM-based systems.
+
 ## Install Percona Server for MySQL using APT
 
 To install Percona Server for MySQL using APT, do the following steps:
@@ -62,14 +66,12 @@ See [Configuring Percona repositories with `percona-release`](https://docs.perco
 
 --8<--- "storage-engines.md"
 
-Percona Server for MySQL contains user-defined functions from [Percona Toolkit](https://docs.percona.com/percona-toolkit/). These user-defined functions provide faster checksums. For more details on the user-defined functions, see [Percona Toolkit UDF functions](udf-percona-toolkit.md).
+Percona Server for MySQL contains user-defined functions from [Percona Toolkit](https://docs.percona.com/percona-toolkit/). These user-defined functions, `fnv_64`, `fnv1a_64`, `murmur_hash`, provide faster checksums. For more details on the user-defined functions, see [Percona Toolkit UDF functions](udf-percona-toolkit.md).
 
-After the installation completes, run the following commands to create these functions:
+After the installation completes, run the following command to create these functions:
 
 ```mysql
-mysql -e "CREATE FUNCTION fnv1a_64 RETURNS INTEGER SONAME 'libfnv1a_udf.so'"
-mysql -e "CREATE FUNCTION fnv_64 RETURNS INTEGER SONAME 'libfnv_udf.so'"
-mysql -e "CREATE FUNCTION murmur_hash RETURNS INTEGER SONAME 'libmurmur_udf.so'"
+mysql -e "INSTALL COMPONENT 'file://component_percona_udf'"
 ```
 
 ## Install the Percona Testing repository using APT

docs/selinux.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The SELinux policy for MySQL ensures that the MySQL server process operates with
 
 ## Compatibility of Percona Server for MySQL with SELinux Policies
 
-Percona Server for MySQL is a drop-in replacement for MySQL that offers enhanced performance, scalability, and other features. When running Percona Server for MySQL on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, RHEL 8, RHEL 9, or their derivatives, compatibility with SELinux policies is essential for ensuring secure and reliable operation.
+Percona Server for MySQL is a drop-in replacement for MySQL that offers enhanced performance, scalability, and other features. When running Percona Server for MySQL on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8, RHEL 9, or their derivatives, compatibility with SELinux policies is essential for ensuring secure and reliable operation.
 
 Percona Server for MySQL is designed to be compatible with SELinux policies on these Linux distributions. This means that Percona Server for MySQL can seamlessly integrate with SELinux, allowing administrators to enforce security policies and restrictions without sacrificing the functionality or performance of the database server.
 
@@ -179,12 +179,6 @@ On boot, to disable SELinux, set the `selinux=0` kernel option. The kernel does
 
 Install the SELinux management tools, such as `semanage` or `sesearch`, if needed.
 
-On RHEL 7 or compatible operating systems, use the following command as root:
-
-```{.bash data-prompt="$"}
-$ yum -y install policycoreutils-python
-```
-
 On RHEL 8 or compatible operating systems, use the following command as root:
 
 ```{.bash data-prompt="$"}

docs/yum-repo.md

@@ -20,24 +20,9 @@ Percona Server for MySQL is certified for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. This certi
 
 The RPM builds for *RHEL* 8 and *RHEL* 9 contain ARM packages with the `aarch64.rpm` extension. This means that Percona Server for MySQL is available for users on ARM-based systems.
 
-## Limitations
-
-The RPM packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and the compatible derivatives do not support TLSv1.3, as it requires OpenSSL 1.1.1, which is currently not available on this platform.
-
 ## Install
 
-Install from Percona Software Repository
-For more information on the Percona Software repositories and configuring Percona Repositories with percona-release, see the Percona Software Repositories Documentation. Run the following commands as a `root` user or with sudo.
-
-=== "Install on Red Hat 7"
-
-    ```{.bash data-prompt="$"}
-    $ sudo yum install https://repo.percona.com/yum/percona-release-latest.noarch.rpm
-    $ sudo percona-release enable-only {{pkg}} release
-    $ sudo percona-release enable tools release
-    $ sudo yum install percona-server-server
-    ```
-=== "Install on Red Hat 8 or later"
+To install using the Percona Software repository, run the following commands either as a `root` user or, as in the example, using `sudo`.
 
     ```{.bash data-prompt="$"}
     $ sudo yum install https://repo.percona.com/yum/percona-release-latest.noarch.rpm
@@ -59,6 +44,5 @@ set both `percona-testing-$basearch` and `percona-testing-noarch`
 to `enabled = 1` (Note that there are three sections in this file:
 release, testing, and experimental - in this case, it is the second section that requires updating).
 
-You must install the Percona repository first if the installation has not been done already.
 
 [Telemetry data]: telemetry.md

snippets/storage-engines.md

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-Percona Server for MySQL 8.2 comes with the MyRocks storage engine. This storage engine is installed as a plugin. For information on installing and configuring MyRocks, refer to the [Percona MyRocks Installation Guide](install-myrocks.md).
+Percona Server for MySQL 8.4.x comes with the MyRocks storage engine. This storage engine is installed as a plugin. For information on installing and configuring MyRocks, refer to the [Percona MyRocks Installation Guide](install-myrocks.md).

variables.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 release: '8.4.0-1'
 version: '8.4'
 vers: '8.4' # we are going to use it instead of version
-pkg: '84'
+pkg: 'ps-84-lts'
 release_date: '2024-08-28'
 title_date: '2024-08-28'