Chapter 1. Getting Started with MariaDB

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Installing MariaDB on Windows
  • Installing MariaDB on Linux
  • Installing MariaDB on Mac OS X
  • Enabling the Feedback plugin
  • Switching between InnoDB and XtraDB
  • Creating a backup user
  • Making backups with XtraBackup
  • Making backups with mysqldump
  • Checking and optimizing tables automatically with mysqlcheck and cron
  • Using progress reporting in the mysql client