MariaDB Administration
Installing, Securing, and Operating MariaDB in Production Environments
What's Included:
Key Highlights
- Production-focused MariaDB administration
- Security-first configuration approach
- Backup and recovery best practices
- Replication and high availability concepts
- Monitoring and troubleshooting techniques
Overview
Learn how to install, secure, optimize, and operate MariaDB in production. Covers performance tuning, backups, replication, monitoring, and real-world administration workflows.
The Problem
Many teams deploy MariaDB without proper security, backup strategies, or performance tuning, leading to instability and data risk in production.
The Solution
This book provides a complete, structured approach to MariaDB administration, covering secure setup, performance optimization, monitoring, and high availability.
About This Book
Master MariaDB Administration in Production Environments
MariaDB Administration is a practical, hands-on guide for database administrators, system engineers, and developers responsible for running MariaDB in real-world production environments. MariaDB, the popular MySQL fork, powers millions of applications worldwide and is the default database in many Linux distributions.
This book takes you from secure installation to advanced production operations, covering everything required to operate MariaDB reliably at scale. Whether you are managing a single database server or a distributed cluster, this book provides the knowledge you need.
What You Will Learn
- Installing and configuring MariaDB securely on Linux systems
- Understanding MariaDB architecture, storage engines (InnoDB, Aria), and internals
- Managing users, privileges, roles, and authentication plugins
- Database design and schema management best practices
- Query optimization, indexing strategies, and EXPLAIN analysis
- Performance tuning for production workloads
- Implementing reliable backup and point-in-time recovery strategies
- Monitoring MariaDB with built-in tools and external solutions
- Troubleshooting common issues and performance problems
- Configuring master-slave and master-master replication
- High availability options: Galera Cluster and MaxScale
Who Is This Book For?
This book is designed for IT professionals who need to deploy and manage MariaDB databases. It is ideal for:
- Database administrators managing MariaDB in production
- System administrators responsible for database servers
- Developers who need to understand database operations
- DevOps engineers automating database deployments
- Anyone migrating from MySQL to MariaDB
Why This Book?
Every chapter focuses on real operational scenarios and proven best practices. You will learn techniques that work in production, not just in tutorials.
Prerequisites
Basic Linux command-line experience and SQL knowledge is recommended.
Author: Thomas Ellison
Who Is This Book For?
- Database administrators managing MariaDB
- MySQL administrators migrating to MariaDB
- System administrators running database servers
- DevOps engineers responsible for data platforms
- Developers operating production databases
Who Is This Book NOT For?
- Absolute database beginners
- Readers looking only for SQL syntax tutorials
- Framework-specific database books
Table of Contents
- What MariaDB Is and Why It Matters
- MariaDB Architecture Overview
- Installing MariaDB
- Initial Configuration and Secure Setup
- Managing Users and Privileges
- Authentication and Security Basics
- Tables, Indexes, and Storage Engines
- Basic Performance Tuning
- Backup Strategies for MariaDB
- Restore and Recovery Scenarios
- Monitoring MariaDB Servers
- Troubleshooting Common MariaDB Issues
- Replication Fundamentals
- High Availability Concepts
- Operating MariaDB in Production
- From MariaDB Administration to Advanced Topics
Requirements
- Basic SQL knowledge
- Basic Linux command-line experience
- General database concepts
