diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_test.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_test.yml
index 69e414b..e37a153 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_test.yml
@@ -1,184 +1,189 @@
 name: "PR Testing"
 
 on: [pull_request]
 
 env:
   HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY: 7f3c63a70eecc61d635917de46bea4e6
   HONEYCOMB_DATASET: litmus tests
 
 jobs:
   setup_matrix:
     name: "Setup Test Matrix"
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.get-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
 
     steps:
     - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
       uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
       with:
         apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
         dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
         job-status: ${{ job.status }}
 
     - name: "Honeycomb: Start first step"
       run: |
         echo STEP_ID=setup-environment >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Checkout Source
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
       if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
 
     - name: Activate Ruby 2.7
       uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
       if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
       with:
         ruby-version: "2.7"
         bundler-cache: true
 
     - name: Print bundle environment
       if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
       run: |
         echo ::group::bundler environment
         buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'bundle env' -- bundle env
         echo ::endgroup::
 
     - name: "Honeycomb: Record Setup Environment time"
       if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
       run: |
         buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Setup Environment'
         echo STEP_ID=Setup-Acceptance-Test-Matrix >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
+    - name: Run validation steps
+      run: |
+        bundle exec rake validate
+      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
+
     - name: Setup Acceptance Test Matrix
       id: get-matrix
       run: |
         if [ '${{ github.repository_owner }}' == 'puppetlabs' ]; then
           buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID matrix_from_metadata -- bundle exec matrix_from_metadata_v2
         else
           echo  "::set-output name=matrix::{}"
         fi
 
     - name: "Honeycomb: Record Setup Test Matrix time"
       if: ${{ always() }}
       run: |
         buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Setup Test Matrix'
 
   Acceptance:
     name: "${{matrix.platforms.label}}, ${{matrix.collection}}"
     needs:
       - setup_matrix
     if: ${{ needs.setup_matrix.outputs.matrix != '{}' }}
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: ${{fromJson(needs.setup_matrix.outputs.matrix)}}
 
     env:
       BUILDEVENT_FILE: '../buildevents.txt'
 
     steps:
     - run: |
         echo 'platform=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}' >> $BUILDEVENT_FILE
         echo 'collection=${{ matrix.collection }}' >> $BUILDEVENT_FILE
         echo 'label=${{ matrix.platforms.label }}' >> $BUILDEVENT_FILE
 
     - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
       uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
       with:
         apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
         dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
         job-status: ${{ job.status }}
         matrix-key: ${{ matrix.platforms.label }}-${{ matrix.collection }}
 
     - name: "Honeycomb: start first step"
       run: |
         echo STEP_ID=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}-${{ matrix.collection }}-1 >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Checkout Source
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
     - name: Activate Ruby 2.7
       uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
       with:
         ruby-version: "2.7"
         bundler-cache: true
 
     - name: Print bundle environment
       run: |
         echo ::group::bundler environment
         buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'bundle env' -- bundle env
         echo ::endgroup::
 
     - name: "Honeycomb: Record Setup Environment time"
       if: ${{ always() }}
       run: |
         buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Setup Environment'
         echo STEP_ID=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}-${{ matrix.collection }}-2 >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Provision test environment
       run: |
         buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:provision ${{ matrix.platforms.image }}' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:provision[${{matrix.platforms.provider}},${{ matrix.platforms.image }}]'
         echo ::group::=== REQUEST ===
         cat request.json || true
         echo
         echo ::endgroup::
         echo ::group::=== INVENTORY ===
         if [ -f 'spec/fixtures/litmus_inventory.yaml' ];
         then
           FILE='spec/fixtures/litmus_inventory.yaml'
         elif [ -f 'inventory.yaml' ];
         then
           FILE='inventory.yaml'
         fi
         sed -e 's/password: .*/password: "[redacted]"/' < $FILE || true
         echo ::endgroup::
 
     - name: Install agent
       run: |
         buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:install_agent ${{ matrix.collection }}' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:install_agent[${{ matrix.collection }}]'
 
     - name: Install module
       run: |
         buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:install_module' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:install_module'
 
     - name: "Honeycomb: Record deployment times"
       if: ${{ always() }}
       run: |
         echo ::group::honeycomb step
         buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Deploy test system'
         echo STEP_ID=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}-${{ matrix.collection }}-3 >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo ::endgroup::
 
     - name: Run acceptance tests
       run: |
         buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:acceptance:parallel' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:acceptance:parallel'
 
     - name: "Honeycomb: Record acceptance testing times"
       if: ${{ always() }}
       run: |
         buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Run acceptance tests'
         echo STEP_ID=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}-${{ matrix.collection }}-4 >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Remove test environment
       if: ${{ always() }}
       continue-on-error: true
       run: |
         if [[ -f inventory.yaml || -f spec/fixtures/litmus_inventory.yaml ]]; then
           buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:tear_down' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:tear_down'
           echo ::group::=== REQUEST ===
           cat request.json || true
           echo
           echo ::endgroup::
         fi
 
     - name: "Honeycomb: Record removal times"
       if: ${{ always() }}
       run: |
         buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Remove test environment'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spec.yml b/.github/workflows/spec.yml
index 16f9316..7da4f3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spec.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spec.yml
@@ -1,129 +1,130 @@
 name: "Spec Tests"
 
 on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * *'
   workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
 
 env:
   HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY: 7f3c63a70eecc61d635917de46bea4e6
   HONEYCOMB_DATASET: litmus tests
 
 jobs:
   setup_matrix:
     name: "Setup Test Matrix"
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     outputs:
       spec_matrix: ${{ steps.get-matrix.outputs.spec_matrix }}
 
     steps:
       - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
         uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
         with:
           apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
           dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
           job-status: ${{ job.status }}
 
       - name: "Honeycomb: Start first step"
         run: |
           echo STEP_ID=setup-environment >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout Source
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
 
       - name: Activate Ruby 2.7
         uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
         with:
           ruby-version: "2.7"
           bundler-cache: true
 
       - name: Print bundle environment
         if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
         run: |
           echo ::group::bundler environment
           buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'bundle env' -- bundle env
           echo ::endgroup::
 
       - name: "Honeycomb: Record Setup Environment time"
         if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
         run: |
           buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Setup Environment'
           echo STEP_ID=Setup-Acceptance-Test-Matrix >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
+      - name: Run Static & Syntax Tests
+        if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
+        run: |
+          buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'static_syntax_checks' -- bundle exec rake syntax lint metadata_lint check:symlinks check:git_ignore check:dot_underscore check:test_file rubocop
+
       - name: Setup Spec Test Matrix
         id: get-matrix
         run: |
           if [ '${{ github.repository_owner }}' == 'puppetlabs' ]; then
             buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID matrix_from_metadata -- bundle exec matrix_from_metadata_v2
           else
             echo  "::set-output name=spec_matrix::{}"
           fi
 
       - name: "Honeycomb: Record Setup Test Matrix time"
         if: ${{ always() }}
         run: |
           buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Setup Test Matrix'
 
   Spec:
     name: "Spec Tests (Puppet: ${{matrix.puppet_version}}, Ruby Ver: ${{matrix.ruby_version}})"
     needs:
       - setup_matrix
     if: ${{ needs.setup_matrix.outputs.spec_matrix != '{}' }}
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: ${{fromJson(needs.setup_matrix.outputs.spec_matrix)}}
 
     env:
       BUILDEVENT_FILE: '../buildevents.txt'
       PUPPET_GEM_VERSION: ${{ matrix.puppet_version }}
       FACTER_GEM_VERSION: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter#main'
 
     steps:
       - run: |
           echo "SANITIZED_PUPPET_VERSION=$(echo '${{ matrix.puppet_version }}' | sed 's/~> //g')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - run: |
           echo 'puppet_version=${{ env.SANITIZED_PUPPET_VERSION }}' >> $BUILDEVENT_FILE
 
       - name: "Honeycomb: Start first step"
         run: |
           echo "STEP_ID=${{ env.SANITIZED_PUPPET_VERSION }}-spec" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
         uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
         with:
           apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
           dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
           job-status: ${{ job.status }}
           matrix-key: ${{ env.SANITIZED_PUPPET_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Checkout Source
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: "Activate Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby_version }}"
         uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{matrix.ruby_version}}
           bundler-cache: true
 
       - name: Print bundle environment
         run: |
           echo ::group::bundler environment
           buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'bundle env' -- bundle env
           echo ::endgroup::
 
-      - name: Run Static & Syntax Tests
-        run: |
-          buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'static_syntax_checks Puppet ${{ matrix.puppet_version }}, Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby_version }}' -- bundle exec rake syntax lint metadata_lint check:symlinks check:git_ignore check:dot_underscore check:test_file rubocop
-      
       - name: Run parallel_spec tests
         run: |
           buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake parallel_spec Puppet ${{ matrix.puppet_version }}, Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby_version }}' -- bundle exec rake parallel_spec
diff --git a/.puppet-lint.rc b/.puppet-lint.rc
index a79ce0f..cc96ece 100644
--- a/.puppet-lint.rc
+++ b/.puppet-lint.rc
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 --relative
---no-140chars-check
diff --git a/.sync.yml b/.sync.yml
index 6d40ffb..15df881 100644
--- a/.sync.yml
+++ b/.sync.yml
@@ -1,32 +1,33 @@
 ---
 ".gitlab-ci.yml":
   delete: true
 appveyor.yml:
   delete: true
 
 Gemfile:
   optional:
     ":development":
     - gem: github_changelog_generator
 spec/spec_helper.rb:
   spec_overrides:
   - require 'spec_helper_local'
   coverage_report: true
 "  changelog_user": puppetlabs
 .gitpod.Dockerfile:
   unmanaged: false
 .gitpod.yml:
   unmanaged: false
 .github/workflows/nightly.yml:
   unmanaged: false
 .github/workflows/pr_test.yml:
   unmanaged: false
 .github/workflows/auto_release.yml:
   unmanaged: false
 .github/workflows/spec.yml:
   checks: 'syntax lint metadata_lint check:symlinks check:git_ignore check:dot_underscore check:test_file rubocop'
   unmanaged: false
 .github/workflows/release.yml:
   unmanaged: false
 .travis.yml:
   delete: true
+changelog_since_tag: 'v11.0.0'
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2906c15..948eba2 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,88 +1,89 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'bundler'
 require 'puppet_litmus/rake_tasks' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('puppet_litmus').any?
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks'
 require 'puppet-syntax/tasks/puppet-syntax'
 require 'puppet_blacksmith/rake_tasks' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('puppet-blacksmith').any?
 require 'github_changelog_generator/task' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('github_changelog_generator').any?
 require 'puppet-strings/tasks' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('puppet-strings').any?
 
 def changelog_user
   return unless Rake.application.top_level_tasks.include? "changelog"
   returnVal = nil || JSON.load(File.read('metadata.json'))['author']
   raise "unable to find the changelog_user in .sync.yml, or the author in metadata.json" if returnVal.nil?
   puts "GitHubChangelogGenerator user:#{returnVal}"
   returnVal
 end
 
 def changelog_project
   return unless Rake.application.top_level_tasks.include? "changelog"
 
   returnVal = nil
   returnVal ||= begin
     metadata_source = JSON.load(File.read('metadata.json'))['source']
     metadata_source_match = metadata_source && metadata_source.match(%r{.*\/([^\/]*?)(?:\.git)?\Z})
 
     metadata_source_match && metadata_source_match[1]
   end
 
   raise "unable to find the changelog_project in .sync.yml or calculate it from the source in metadata.json" if returnVal.nil?
 
   puts "GitHubChangelogGenerator project:#{returnVal}"
   returnVal
 end
 
 def changelog_future_release
   return unless Rake.application.top_level_tasks.include? "changelog"
   returnVal = "v%s" % JSON.load(File.read('metadata.json'))['version']
   raise "unable to find the future_release (version) in metadata.json" if returnVal.nil?
   puts "GitHubChangelogGenerator future_release:#{returnVal}"
   returnVal
 end
 
 PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_relative')
 
 if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('github_changelog_generator').any?
   GitHubChangelogGenerator::RakeTask.new :changelog do |config|
     raise "Set CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable eg 'export CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN=valid_token_here'" if Rake.application.top_level_tasks.include? "changelog" and ENV['CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN'].nil?
     config.user = "#{changelog_user}"
     config.project = "#{changelog_project}"
+    config.since_tag = "v11.0.0"
     config.future_release = "#{changelog_future_release}"
     config.exclude_labels = ['maintenance']
     config.header = "# Change log\n\nAll notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org)."
     config.add_pr_wo_labels = true
     config.issues = false
     config.merge_prefix = "### UNCATEGORIZED PRS; LABEL THEM ON GITHUB"
     config.configure_sections = {
       "Changed" => {
         "prefix" => "### Changed",
         "labels" => ["backwards-incompatible"],
       },
       "Added" => {
         "prefix" => "### Added",
         "labels" => ["enhancement", "feature"],
       },
       "Fixed" => {
         "prefix" => "### Fixed",
         "labels" => ["bug", "documentation", "bugfix"],
       },
     }
   end
 else
   desc 'Generate a Changelog from GitHub'
   task :changelog do
     raise <<EOM
 The changelog tasks depends on recent features of the github_changelog_generator gem.
 Please manually add it to your .sync.yml for now, and run `pdk update`:
 ---
 Gemfile:
   optional:
     ':development':
       - gem: 'github_changelog_generator'
         version: '~> 1.15'
         condition: "Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup) >= Gem::Version.new('2.3.0')"
 EOM
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 0c774e4..886f65f 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,72 +1,72 @@
 {
   "name": "puppetlabs-mysql",
   "version": "11.1.0",
   "author": "puppetlabs",
   "summary": "Installs, configures, and manages the MySQL service.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "source": "git://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-mysql",
   "project_page": "http://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-mysql",
   "issues_url": "https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/MODULES",
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "puppetlabs/stdlib",
       "version_requirement": ">= 3.2.0 < 8.0.0"
     }
   ],
   "operatingsystem_support": [
     {
       "operatingsystem": "RedHat",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "6",
         "7",
         "8"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "CentOS",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "6",
         "7",
         "8"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "OracleLinux",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "6",
         "7"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "Scientific",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "6",
         "7"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "SLES",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "12",
         "15"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "Ubuntu",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "16.04",
         "18.04"
       ]
     }
   ],
   "requirements": [
     {
       "name": "puppet",
       "version_requirement": ">= 6.0.0 < 8.0.0"
     }
   ],
   "description": "MySQL module",
   "template-url": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates#main",
-  "template-ref": "heads/main-0-g03daa92",
+  "template-ref": "heads/main-0-g2381db6",
   "pdk-version": "2.1.0"
 }