How to Upgrade MariaDB 5.5 to MariaDB 10.0 on Fedora 20
MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL installed by default on CentOS 7, and offers many speed and performance improvements. MariaDB offers more storage engines than MySQL, including Cassandra (NoSQL), XtraDB (drop-in replacement for InnoDB), and OQGRAPH.
Requirements
- These instructions are intended for upgrading from MariaDB 5.5 to MariaDB 10.0 on Fedora 20.
- I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Self Managed Fedora 20 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.
Step #1: Add the MariaDB Repository
First, you’ll follow a simple best practice: ensuring the list of available packages is up to date before installing anything new.
yum -y update
Now find which repo you should use with the MariaDB repository generator. We’re going to add the CentOS 7 (64 bit) MariaDB 10.0 repository.
For a refresher on editing files with vim see: New User Tutorial: Overview of the Vim Text Editor.
vim /etc/yum.repos.d/MariaDB10.repo
# MariaDB 10.0 CentOS repository list – created 2014-10-13 13:04 UTC
# http://mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories/
[mariadb] name = MariaDB
baseurl = http://yum.mariadb.org/10.0/fedora20-amd64
gpgkey=https://yum.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB
gpgcheck=1
Then exit and save the file with the command :wq.
Step #2: Remove the Existing MariaDB Installation
Be sure to backup MariaDB before proceeding with the following instructions!
Stop MariaDB.
systemctl stop mariadb
Remove the existing MariaDB packages.
yum -y remove mariadb-server mariadb mariadb-libs
Step #3: Install MariaDB 10.0
At this point, installing MariaDB 10.0 is as simple as running just one command.
yum -y install MariaDB-server MariaDB-client
And then start MariaDB again.
systemctl start mysql
Be sure that MariaDB is set to start at boot.
systemctl enable mysql
Run mysql_upgrade.
mysql_upgrade
Verify MySQL is now MariaDB by using the command client.
mysql
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 4
Server version: 10.0.14-MariaDB MariaDB Server
Copyright (c) 2000, 2014, Oracle, SkySQL Ab and others.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
MariaDB [(none)]>
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