function validate_replication_variables() {

  if ! [[ -v MYSQL_DATABASE && -v MYSQL_MASTER_USER && -v MYSQL_MASTER_PASSWORD && \

        ( "${MYSQL_RUNNING_AS_SLAVE:-0}" != "1" || -v MYSQL_MASTER_SERVICE_NAME ) ]]; then

    echo

    echo "For master/slave replication, you have to specify following environment variables:"

    echo "  MYSQL_MASTER_SERVICE_NAME (slave only)"

    echo "  MYSQL_DATABASE"

    echo "  MYSQL_MASTER_USER"

    echo "  MYSQL_MASTER_PASSWORD"

    echo

    return 1

  fi

  [[ "$MYSQL_DATABASE" =~ $mysql_identifier_regex ]] || usage "Invalid database name"

  [[ "$MYSQL_MASTER_USER"     =~ $mysql_identifier_regex ]] || usage "Invalid MySQL master username"

  [ ${#MYSQL_MASTER_USER} -le 16 ] || usage "MySQL master username too long (maximum 16 characters)"

  [[ "$MYSQL_MASTER_PASSWORD" =~ $mysql_password_regex   ]] || usage "Invalid MySQL master password"

}

if [ -v MYSQL_RUNNING_AS_MASTER ] || [ -v MYSQL_RUNNING_AS_SLAVE ] ; then

  validate_replication_variables

fi