# Percona Distribution for MySQL 8.0.23 using Percona Server for MySQL (2021-05-12)

| Release date    | May 12, 2021 |
| :-------------- | :--------------- |
|**Installation** | [Installing Percona Distribution for MySQL](installing.md)|


Percona Distribution for MySQL is a single solution with the best and most critical enterprise components from the MySQL open source community, designed and tested to work together.

Percona Distribution for MySQL provides two deployment variants: one is based on *Percona Server for MySQL* and another one is based on *Percona XtraDB Cluster*.

This release of Percona Distribution for MySQL is focused on the *Percona Server for MySQL*-based deployment variant. It  is based on [Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.23-14](https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-server/8.0/release-notes/Percona-Server-8.0.23-14.html) and includes the following components:

| Component          | Version    | Description                                |
| ------------------ | ---------- | -------------------------------------------|
| Orchestrator       | 3.2.4      | The replication topology manager for Percona Server for MySQL|
| ProxySQL           | 2.0.18     | A high performance, high-availability, protocol-aware proxy for MySQL |
| Percona XtraBackup | 8.0.23-16.0| An open-source hot backup utility for MySQL-based servers|
| Percona Toolkit    | 3.3.1      | The set of scripts to simplify and optimize database operation        |
| MySQL Shell        | 8.0.23     | An advanced client and code editor for MySQL Server   |
| MySQL Router       | 8.0.23     | Lightweight middleware that provides transparent routing between your application and back-end MySQL servers |