MySQL replication may sound complicated, but it can be done easily. Here’s a quick 7-step guide:

1. Create a replication user on the master:

 GRANT REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* TO 'repl'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

2. On the master server, add the following to the [mysqld] section in my.cnf and restart MySQL:

server-id = 1
relay_log=mysqldrelay
log-bin
expire_logs_days = 7

3. On the slave server, add the following to the [mysqld] sesion in my.cnf and restart MySQL:

server-id = 2

4. Create a mysqldump file on the master server which includes a global lock:

 databases.sql

5. Configure the slave:

# mysql -u user -ppassword
mysql> CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST='master host name', MASTER_USER='repl', MASTER_PASSWORD='repl';

6. Move the dump to the slave server and import it:

mysql -u user -ppassword < databases.sql

7. Start the slave:

mysql -u user -ppassword
mysql> START SLAVE;