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Install MariaDB on Fedora

Category: VPS Setup

Set up MariaDB—a MySQL fork—on a Fedora VPS—install with

dnf install mariadb-server -y

start with

systemctl start mariadb

and enable with

systemctl enable mariadb

Secure it via

mysql_secure_installation

—set root password (e g M@r1aF3d!) remove test DBs Open port with

firewall-cmd --add-port=3306/tcp --permanent && firewall-cmd --reload

Test with

mysql -u root -p

—expect \"MariaDB [(none)]>\" On Hetzner this powers phpMyAdmin—check version with

mysql -V

(e g \"10 5 22-MariaDB\") Faster than MySQL on writes it ensures uptime—add SSL for security with certbot on Nginx setups