Enable transparent read/write splitting through MySQL Router for an InnoDB Cluster
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Steps
Bootstrap MySQL Router against the InnoDB Cluster so it auto-discovers topology from the cluster metadata
Add a routing section (e.g. [routing:read_write_split]) with destinations using the PRIMARY_AND_SECONDARY role from the metadata cache
Set access_mode=auto in that routing section so Router classifies each statement as read or write and targets the right member on a single shared port
Set routing_strategy (e.g. round-robin) to load-balance reads across secondaries, and enable connection_sharing if desired for efficiency
Point the application at the read/write-split port and confirm via Router logs/status that writes land on the primary and reads spread across secondaries
Known gotchas
access_mode=auto is required for statement-based splitting on a shared port — without it, Router just routes by fixed role (RW vs RO) via separate classic ports, not per-statement
Router's statement classification isn't full SQL parsing for every edge case; test transactional boundaries carefully since a transaction that starts read-only and later writes must stay pinned to the read/write destination
This single-port auto mode differs from the older two-port InnoDB Cluster bootstrap pattern (separate RW/RO ports, no per-statement classification) — don't conflate the two when following older tutorials
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