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PXC-4572 [DOCS] - PXC needs a local socket to work properly
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!!! admonition "See also"
[Galera Documentation: Tables without Primary Keys](https://galeracluster.com/library/training/tutorials/differences.html#tables-without-primary-keys)
* When configuring Percona XtraDB Cluster, your server must create a local socket.
If you skip the socket creation with `socket=` in my.cnf, the server does not create the socket.
State Snapshot Transfer (SST) requires the socket for the following tasks:
* Taking backup using Percona XtraBackup
* Detecting keyring component status
* Avoid reusing the names of persistent tables for temporary tables
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* [log_bin_index](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/replication-options-binary-log.html#option_mysqld_log-bin-index)
MySQL and **XtraBackup** handles the value in different ways and this difference causes unpredictable behavior.
MySQL and Percona XtraBackup handles the character in different ways and this difference causes unpredictable behavior.
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!!! note

If the [`gcs.sync_donor`](wsrep-provider-index.md#gcs.sync_donor) variable is set to `Yes` (default is `No`), the whole cluster will get blocked if the donor is blocked by SST.

## Limitation

When configuring Percona XtraDB Cluster, your server must create a local socket.

If you skip the socket creation with `socket=` in my.cnf, the server does not create the socket.

State Snapshot Transfer (SST) requires the socket for the following tasks:

* Taking backup using Percona XtraBackup

* Detecting keyring component status

## Choose the SST Donor

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