6.10.5 Using ReplicaSets with MySQL Router

You can also use MySQL Router to bootstrap against an InnoDB ReplicaSet. For more information, see Section 6.10, “Using MySQL Router with AdminAPI, InnoDB Cluster, and InnoDB ReplicaSet”. The only difference in the generated MySQL Router configuration file is the addition of the cluster_type option. When MySQL Router is bootstrapped against a ReplicaSet, the generated configuration file includes:

cluster_type=rs

When you use MySQL Router with InnoDB ReplicaSet, be aware that:

The read-write port of MySQL Router directs client connections to the primary instance of the ReplicaSet.
The read-only port of MySQL Router direct client connections to a secondary instance of the ReplicaSet, although it could also direct them to the primary.
MySQL Router obtains information about the ReplicaSet's topology from the primary instance.
MySQL Router automatically recovers when the primary instance becomes unavailable and a different instance is promoted.

You work with the MySQL Router instances which have been bootstrapped against a ReplicaSet in the same way as with InnoDB Cluster. For more information on ReplicaSet.listRouters() and ReplicaSet.removeRouterMetadata(), see Section 6.10.7, “Working with a Cluster's Routers” .