Simple Master Master replication works but does not recover from a reboot

[D Green]

Hi. I am new to mysql replication and although I have got a Master Master replication up and running it breaks easily.

I would like to apply this in an appliance model were the database I wish to replicate contains config information which needs to be available on both servers. This means we are dealing with a small number of database inserts and changes, not high volume at all. The database itself is very small.

I find that Relay_Log_File increments it's file number as does mysqld-bin on a reboot and thus the pair of Master Master replicas go out of sync.

As this is a simple replica is there a way to auto heal the pair so they continue to receive updates from each other and recover from system failures?

In this case if one servers database goes out of sync we would prefer for it to dump what it has and mirror the more up to date master and get back in sync.

Any ideas how we can make this replica stay up?