3) MariaDB installation
MariaDB is a drop in replacement for MySQL. MariaDB is open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) which is supporting database access. It’s robust, scalable, and reliable SQL server for high availability databases as free of cost.
[Install MariaDB] $ sudo urpmi mariadb [Start, enable & check MariaDB status] $ sudo systemctl start mysqld.service $ sudo systemctl enable mysqld.service $ sudo systemctl status mysqld.service
3a) Set MySQL root password
By default there is no password for MySQL instant and you need to run the below command to set the root password for security reason. I advise you to secure MySQL installation using mysql_secure_installation method which will set root password and adjust other settings to make more secure.
[MariaDB Secure installation] $ sudo mysql_secure_installation NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MariaDB SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE! PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY! Enter current password for root (enter for none): Press Enter OK, successfully used password, moving on... Set root password? [Y/n] y New password: ****** Re-enter new password: ****** Password updated successfully! Reloading privilege tables.. ... Success! Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y ... Success! Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] y ... Success! Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] y - Dropping test database... ... Success! - Removing privileges on test database... ... Success! Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y ... Success! Cleaning up... All done! If you've completed all of the above steps, your MariaDB installation should now be secure. Thanks for using MariaDB!
