At the time of writing, MariaDB 10.1 is the development version of MariaDB. It is based on MariaDB 5.5, and includes back-ported features from MySQL 5.6. There are also new features that are exclusive to MariaDB.<\/p>\n

For CentOS, RedHat, and Fedora, it is highly recommended to install from a repository using yum. This guide will walk you through the installation steps for CentOS 6.<\/p>\n

Add the MariaDB repository<\/h3>\n

First, ensure the list of available packages is up-to-date before installing. Open your SSH terminal and input the following commands.<\/p>\n

yum -y update\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Add the MariaDB repository.<\/p>\n
nano \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/MariaDB.repo\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
For\u00a032-bit<\/strong>\u00a0users, paste the following text:<\/p>\n
[mariadb]\r\nname = MariaDB\r\nbaseurl = http:\/\/yum.mariadb.org\/10.1\/centos6-x86\r\ngpgkey=https:\/\/yum.mariadb.org\/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB\r\ngpgcheck=1\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
For\u00a064-bit<\/strong>\u00a0users, paste the following text:<\/p>\n
[mariadb]\r\nname = MariaDB\r\nbaseurl = http:\/\/yum.mariadb.org\/10.1\/centos6-amd64\r\ngpgkey=https:\/\/yum.mariadb.org\/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB\r\ngpgcheck=1\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Save the\u00a0MariaDB.repo<\/code>\u00a0file.<\/p>\n
Install software<\/h3>\n
At this point, installing MariaDB is as simple as running just one command.<\/p>\n
yum install MariaDB-server MariaDB-client -y\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Once the installation completes, start MariaDB.<\/p>\n
service mysql start\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Next, set MariaDB to start on every boot.<\/p>\n
chkconfig mysql on\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Secure MariaDB<\/h3>\n
Secure your MariaDB installation. The following checklist shows the steps that will be performed.<\/p>\n
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Set (Change) root password.<\/li>\n
Remove anonymous users.<\/li>\n
Disallow root login remotely.<\/li>\n
Remove test database and access to it.<\/li>\n
Reload privilege tables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Run the secure installation command.<\/p>\n
mysql_secure_installation\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Example output<\/h4>\n
NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MariaDB\r\nSERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE! PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!\r\n\r\nIn order to log into MariaDB to secure it, we'll need the current\r\npassword for the root user. If you've just installed MariaDB, and\r\nyou haven't set the root password yet, the password will be blank,\r\nso you should just press enter here.\r\n\r\nEnter current password for root (enter for none):\r\nOK, successfully used password, moving on...\r\n\r\nSetting the root password ensures that nobody can log into the MariaDB\r\nroot user without the proper authorisation.\r\n\r\nSet root password? [Y\/n] y\r\nNew password: ENTER YOUR PASSWORD\r\nRe-enter new password: REPEAT YOUR PASSWORD\r\nPassword updated successfully!\r\nReloading privilege tables..\r\n... Success!\r\n\r\nBy default, a MariaDB installation has an anonymous user, allowing anyone\r\nto log into MariaDB without having to have a user account created for\r\nthem. This is intended only for testing, and to make the installation\r\ngo a bit smoother. You should remove them before moving into a\r\nproduction environment.\r\n\r\nRemove anonymous users? [Y\/n] y\r\n... Success!\r\n\r\nNormally, root should only be allowed to connect from 'localhost'. This\r\nensures that someone cannot guess at the root password from the network.\r\n\r\nDisallow root login remotely? [Y\/n] y\r\n... Success!\r\n\r\nBy default, MariaDB comes with a database named 'test' that anyone can\r\naccess. This is also intended only for testing, and should be removed\r\nbefore moving into a production environment.\r\n\r\nRemove test database and access to it? [Y\/n] y\r\n- Dropping test database...\r\n... Success!\r\n- Removing privileges on test database...\r\n... Success!\r\n\r\nReloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes made so far\r\nwill take effect immediately.\r\n\r\nReload privilege tables now? [Y\/n] y\r\n... Success!\r\n\r\nCleaning up...\r\n\r\nAll done! If you've completed all of the above steps, your MariaDB\r\n installation should now be secure.\r\n\r\nThanks for using MariaDB!\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Restart MariaDB.<\/p>\n
service mysql restart\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
You can connect to MariaDB by using following command.<\/p>\n
mysql -u root -p\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Congratulations, you have successfully installed MariaDB on CentOS 6. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[110,231,242],"manual_kb_tag":[478],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2969,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2968\/revisions\/2969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=2968"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=2968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}