The Clone Plugin where  /path/to/clone_dir  is the path to the named directory on the recipient. You can configure an encrypted connection for remote cloning operations to protect data as it is cloned over the network. An encrypted connection is required by default when cloning encrypted data. (see Section 5.6.7.4, “Cloning Encrypted Data” .) The instructions that follow describe how to configure the recipient MySQL server instance to use an encrypted connection. It is assumed that the donor MySQL server instance is already configured to use encrypted connections. If not, refer to Section 6.3.1, “Configuring MySQL to Use Encrypted Connections” for server-side configuration instructions. To configure the recipient MySQL server instance to use an encrypted connection: The self-signed certificate authority (CA) file. The client public key certificate file. The client private key file. Specifies the path to the self-signed certificate authority (CA) file. Specifies the path to the client public key certificate file. Specifies the path to the client private key file. For example: 3. To require that an encrypted connection is used, include the  REQUIRE SSL  clause when issuing the CLONE  statement on the recipient. 2. Configure the following SSL options on the recipient MySQL server instance. • clone_ssl_ca • clone_ssl_cert • clone_ssl_key • client-key.pem • client-cert.pem 1. Make the client certificate and key files of the donor MySQL server instance available to the recipient host. Either distribute the files to the recipient host using a secure channel or place them on a mounted partition that is accessible to the recipient host. The client certificate and key files to make available include: • ca.pem Configuring an Encrypted Connection for Cloning clone_ssl_ca=/ path / to /ca.pem clone_ssl_cert=/ path / to /client-cert.pem clone_ssl_key=/ path / to /client-key.pem mysql> CLONE INSTANCE FROM ’ user ’@’ example.donor.host.com ’: 3306 IDENTIFIED BY ’ password ’ DATA DIRECTORY = ’ /path/to/clone_dir ’ REQUIRE SSL; 1118