Upgrade/Install Mariadb 10.11 In CWP/Centos 7/8 stream/AlmaLinux 7/8/RockyLinux 7/8

In this tutorial I’ll guide you on how to upgrade/install MariaDB to latest Mariadb10.11 on Centos 7/8/el8 this tutorial will also work with CWP or any other compatible control panel.

MariaDB 10.11 is now very stable and many features has been added and improved in this version you can check all lists of changes here

I’ve checked MariaDB 10.11 with WordPress, Joomla, xenforo, IPS forum and some more PHP scripts which depends on MySQL DB are working fine with this version hence it is safe to upgrade to this version.

Short description about MariaDB :

MariaDB is designed as a drop-in replacement of MySQL with more features, new storage engines, fewer bugs, and better performance. MariaDB is developed by many of the original developers of MySQL who now work for the MariaDB Foundation and the MariaDB Corporation, and by many people in the community.

Step 1 :

Remove MariaDB 10.0/10.1/10.2/10.3/10.x

To upgrade Mariadb 10.11 in Centos 7/CWP do this :

Before installing it is recommended to backup your databases, although it is not necessary if you followed this steps carefully.

First backup your current my.cnf config :

cp /etc/my.cnf /etc/my.cnf.bak

Remove MariaDB 10.0/10.1/10.2/10.3/10.xx :

systemctl stop mariadb mysql mysqld
systemctl disable mariadb
rpm --nodeps -ev MariaDB-server

At this point MariaDB 10.0/10.1/10.2/10.3.10.xx will be removed completely but the databases are not removed don’t need to worry.

Then Install MariaDB 10.11 :

Step 2 :

Installation/Updating from MariaDB 10.0/10.1/10.2/10.3/10.xx to MariaDB 10.11

To upgrade Mariadb to 10.11 in Centos 7 CWP do this :

Install/enable Official repo for mariadb 10.11:

yum install nano epel-release -y

Now edit/create the Repo file :

Ensure you don’t have any other MariaDB repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d if exists delete or backup the existing repo file :

mv /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repo.bak
nano /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repo

then paste this lines and save it :
to install Mariadb 10.11

[mariadb]
name = MariaDB
baseurl = https://mirror.23m.com/mariadb/yum/10.11/centos/7/x86_64/
gpgkey = https://mirror.23m.com/mariadb/yum/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB
gpgcheck=1

After that we’ll install Mariadb 10.11 :

yum clean all
yum install MariaDB-server MariaDB-client net-snmp perl-DBD-MySQL -y
yum update -y

To upgrade Mariadb 10.11 in Centos 8 stream/almalinux 8/rockylinux 8 do this :

Now edit/create the Repo file :

Ensure you don’t have any other MariaDB repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d if exists delete or backup the existing repo file :

mv /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repo.bak
nano /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repo

add this lines and save it :

[mariadb]
name = MariaDB
baseurl = https://mirror.23m.com/mariadb/yum/10.11/centos/8/x86_64/
gpgkey = https://mirror.23m.com/mariadb/yum/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB
gpgcheck = 1

After that update Mariadb 10.11 :

yum clean all
yum install MariaDB-server MariaDB-client net-snmp perl-DBD-MySQL -y
yum update -y

Step 3 :

Restore the my.cnf file :

rm -rf /etc/my.cnf
cp /etc/my.cnf.bak /etc/my.cnf

Then enable mariadb to start on boot and start the service :

systemctl enable mariadb
service mariadb start

Step 4 :

After Installation we need to upgrade current databases by this command :

mysql_upgrade --force

that’s it you’ve successfully upgraded MariaDB 10.0/10.1/10.2/10.3/10.xx to MariaDB 10.11.

You can confirm the version by running this command from terminal ssh:

mysql -V

Troubleshoot if root login doesn’t work for mysql :

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Go to :
https://blog.alphagnu.com/how-to-reset-root-password-in-mariadb-10-4-and-mysql-8-0/