== About MariaDB == MariaDB is a fork of MySQL, created and maintained by the original MySQL developers. MariaDB is intended to remain free and is published under [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License|GPLv2]]. It is very similar to MySQL, meaning that most MySQL examples you find online will also work on MariaDB Official website: https://mariadb.org/about/ == Installation == MariaDB can be installed using {{{ sudo apt install mariadb-server }}} To set root password, you can use: {{{ sudo mysql_secure_installation }}} == phpMyAdmin == [[https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/phpmyadmin.html|phpMyAdmin]] can be used to manage MariaDB.