Vmware, Inc.

Borislav Ivanov

Miroslav Mitevski

Diana Kovacheva

Gospodin Gochkov

Ivo Petkov

Nikola Atanasov

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for automatic database failover in a master-replica replication configuration are disclosed. An example node within a database system having a plurality of nodes, includes an agent to select a first database operated at one of the plurality of nodes to function as a master database in a master-replica replication configuration. The agent is to cause the selected database to be configured as the master database. The agent is to configure a first reverse proxy of the node. The first reverse proxy is to receive a query from a load balancer and forward the query to the master database based on the configuration.

Methods and apparatus for automatic database failover in a master-replica replication configuration

Methods and apparatus to propagate an update between nodes in a distributed environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first virtual appliance configured to install an update using an update file from a first update repository, the first update repository located apart from the first virtual appliance, the first virtual appliance configured to form a second update repository at the first virtual appliance, the second update repository to include a copy of the update file from the first update repository. The example apparatus also includes a second virtual appliance, the second virtual appliance formed as a replica of the first virtual appliance, the second virtual appliance to install the update using the copy of the update file from the second update repository.

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Sofia, Bulgaria

Borislav Ivanov