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How To Install MariaDB On CentOS 8

The document provides steps to install and secure MariaDB on CentOS 8 and RHEL 8 by obtaining packages from Red Hat or MariaDB repositories, managing the MariaDB service, securing the installation with mysql_secure_installation, and accessing MariaDB.

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How To Install MariaDB On CentOS 8

The document provides steps to install and secure MariaDB on CentOS 8 and RHEL 8 by obtaining packages from Red Hat or MariaDB repositories, managing the MariaDB service, securing the installation with mysql_secure_installation, and accessing MariaDB.

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How To Install MariaDB on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

You can obtain MariaDB packages for CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 in two ways.

 Red Hat repository (v10.3)


 Official MariaDB Mirror (v10.4)

Install MariaDB from AppStream Repository


Installing MariaDB from AppStream repository is a straightforward one. But, the repository
may have a bit old version of MariaDB package.

yum -y install @mariadb

Install MariaDB from Official MariaDB Mirror


MariaDB foundation offers MariaDB packages for CentOS 8 / RHEL 8. Packages provided
by MariaDB is always fresh and supported by the MariaDB community.

RHEL 8

cat <<EOF >> /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repo

[mariadb]

name = MariaDB

baseurl = http://yum.mariadb.org/10.4/rhel8-amd64

gpgkey=https://yum.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB

gpgcheck=1

EOF

Install MariaDB server using the following command.

We need to disable the rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms and AppStream repository


temporarily on RHEL 8 and CentOS 8 respectively to allow yum to download packages from
MariaDB mirror.
### CentOS 8 ###

yum install -y boost-program-options

yum --disablerepo=AppStream install -y MariaDB-server MariaDB-client

### RHEL 8 ###

yum --disablerepo=rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms install -y MariaDB-server MariaDB-client

Manage MariaDB Service


In case you want to start/stop the MariaDB service, you can use the following commands.

systemctl start mariadb

systemctl stop mariadb

Verify whether MariaDB is running or not.

systemctl status mariadb

MariaDB Service Status

Secure MariaDB Installation


Use mysql_secure_installation command to do the initial setup of the MariaDB server. This
command is recommended to run in production servers. It removes anonymous user, test
database, and disallows remote root login.
mysql_secure_installation

NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL


MariaDB

SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE! PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!

In order to log into MariaDB to secure it, we'll need the current

password for the root user. If you've just installed MariaDB, and

haven't set the root password yet, you should just press enter here.

Enter current password for root (enter for none): << Just Press Enter

OK, successfully used password, moving on...

Setting the root password or using the unix_socket ensures that nobody

can log into the MariaDB root user without the proper authorisation.

You already have your root account protected, so you can safely answer 'n'.

Switch to unix_socket authentication [Y/n] N << Disable Unix Socket Authendication to


Enable Password Authentication

... skipping.

You already have your root account protected, so you can safely answer 'n'.

Change the root password? [Y/n] Y << Set MariaDB root password

New password: << Enter root password

Re-enter new password: << Re-Enter root password

Password updated successfully!

Reloading privilege tables..

... Success!

By default, a MariaDB installation has an anonymous user, allowing anyone

to log into MariaDB without having to have a user account created for

them. This is intended only for testing, and to make the installation

go a bit smoother. You should remove them before moving into a


production environment.

Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] Y << Remove Anonymous user

... Success!

Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from 'localhost'. This

ensures that someone cannot guess at the root password from the network.

Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] Y << Disallow root login remotely

... Success!

By default, MariaDB comes with a database named 'test' that anyone can

access. This is also intended only for testing, and should be removed

before moving into a production environment.

Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] Y << Remove test database

- Dropping test database...

... Success!

- Removing privileges on test database...

... Success!

Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes made so far

will take effect immediately.

Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] Y << Reload privilege tables

... 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!


Step 4 – Working with MariaDB
After installing and completing the configuration, connect to a MariaDB server
using the following command.

sudo mysql -u root -p

Also try to create a new database, user and assign privileges to a database.

You may also required install phpMyAdmin to manage MariaDB using web
interface, which provides easy way to work.

Access MariaDB
Login into MariaDB server with the below command.

mysql -u root –p

Password required

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