Install Latest MariaDB on CentOS

To install the latest MariaDB on the CentOS server, go to

https://mariadb.org/download/?t=repo-config

On this page, select CentOS, then select your CentOS version and MariaDB version you need.

Below you will see instructions for your specific version of CentOS.

Install MariaDB 10.5 on CentOS 7

CentOS 7 by default provide MariaDB 5.5. To install MariaDB 10.5

Create file

vi /etc/yum.repos.d/MariaDB.repo

Add

# MariaDB 10.5 CentOS repository list - created 2020-11-05 08:27 UTC
# http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories/
[mariadb]
name = MariaDB
baseurl = http://yum.mariadb.org/10.5/centos7-amd64
gpgkey=https://yum.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB
gpgcheck=1

Now you can install MariDB with command

yum install MariaDB-server MariaDB-client

To start MariaDB, run

systemctl start mariadb

You can replace start with stop/restart/status. To auto start MariaDB on boot, run

systemctl enable mariadb

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