Install MariaDB 10.1 on Fedora 25/24, CentOS/RHEL 7.3/6.8/5.11
MariaDB is a binary drop in replacement for MySQL database server. This means that for most cases, you can just uninstall MySQL and install MariaDB and you are good to go. Why MariaDB? MariaDB is totally open source version of MySQL It works just like MySQL and is compatible with MySQL setups Fedora and Red Hat/CentOS is moving to use MariaDB from Fedora 19/RHEL 7/CentOS 7 versions This is guide, howto install or upgrade MariaDB 10.1.20 [stable] (10.0.28 [stable] or 10.2.2 [beta] or 5.5.53 [stable]) on Fedora 25/24/23, CentOS 7.3/6.8/5.11 and Red Hat (RHEL) 7.3/6.8/5.11 . Installing MariaDB is almost same process than install MySQL. Note: If you are moving from MySQL, then make sure that you backup (dump and copy) your database and configs. And if upgrading from earlier versions, then remember run mysql_upgrade command. And if you uninstall MySQL, then remember restore /etc/my.cnf after installation, like: Bash mv -vi /etc/my.cnf.rpmsave /etc/my.cnf ...