Mariadb
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
MariaDB is the community-developed fork of MySQL — drop-in compatible, GPL-2 licensed, with feature additions beyond Oracle MySQL. Maintained by the original MySQL founders, used as the default MySQL replacement in Debian, Red Hat, Arch Linux, and most distros.
For teams who want MySQL-compatible storage without Oracle's commercial license concerns.
What it's for
- Application database — relational storage for any MySQL-compatible app
- WordPress / Drupal / Joomla — primary DB for popular CMS
- High-availability clusters — Galera Cluster built-in for synchronous replication
- Analytics workloads — ColumnStore engine for analytics
- OLTP workloads — InnoDB + Aria + Xtradb storage engines
Who it's for
- Web developers using MySQL-compatible apps (WordPress, Magento, etc.)
- DBAs wanting MySQL features without Oracle commercial ties
- DevOps teams running CMS / e-commerce platforms
- Hosting providers offering shared MariaDB databases
- Migration projects moving off Oracle MySQL to community-driven fork
Why teams pick MariaDB over alternatives
- MySQL-compatible — same wire protocol, same SQL dialect, drop-in
- GPL-2.0 — fully open, no Oracle commercial license
- Galera Cluster — synchronous multi-master replication built in
- Storage engine choice — InnoDB / Aria / ColumnStore / MyRocks for different workloads
- Community-led — MariaDB Foundation governance
- Active development — frequent releases, security backports
Integrations
- Application frameworks — every PHP / Python / Ruby / Java / Node MySQL driver works
- Replication — built-in async + Galera synchronous
- Backup tools — mysqldump, mariadb-backup, XtraBackup
- Monitoring — Prometheus mysqld_exporter, Percona Monitoring
- Connection pooling — MaxScale, ProxySQL, HAProxy
- Admin tools — phpMyAdmin, Adminer, DBeaver, JetBrains DataGrip
- Migration tools — pt-online-schema-change for zero-downtime migrations
Notable users & community
- 5k+ GitHub stars on MariaDB/server
- Used by Wikipedia, Google (internal), ServiceNow, BBC for production workloads
- Backed by MariaDB Foundation + MariaDB plc
- Default MySQL in Debian, Red Hat, Arch, Alpine, Fedora
- Long-running OSS project with strong governance
Tips & operations
- InnoDB buffer pool sizing — set to 70-80% of available RAM for OLTP workloads
- Slow query log — enable + analyze with pt-query-digest for optimization
- Backup strategy — mariadb-backup for hot backups, mysqldump for portability
- TLS for all connections — never accept plain MySQL in production
- Replication lag monitoring — async replicas can fall behind; alert on lag thresholds
- Persistent volume —
/var/lib/mysqlis your data; mount on dedicated SSD
What we ship in BluixApps
- Docker compose: MariaDB single-node
- Pinned
mariadb:11.4(LTS branch) - HTTPS via Let's Encrypt (for monitoring endpoints if exposed)
- Root password auto-generated; surfaced in install report
- Persistent volume at
/var/lib/mysql - Sane defaults tuned for VPS workloads
- Backup hook with mariadb-backup integration
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |