Upgrade MariaDB Version On AlmaLinux 8 with CWP
Upgrade Default Installed MariaDB 10.4 To A Newer Version on AlmaLinux 8 With CWP Installed
As this KB article still works on on AlmaLinux 8, we also have created an updated one for both AlmaLinux 8 & 9 at:
Upgrade MariaDB 10.x to 10.11 In CWP On AlmaLinux 8 – Starburst Services Knowledge Base
Upgrade MariaDB 10.x to 10.11 In CWP On AlmaLinux 9 – Starburst Services Knowledge Base
READ ME FIRST
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Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting third-party applications is outside the scope of basic support provided by Starburst Services.
Check which version of MariaDB is installed on your server:
rpm -qa|grep -i maria
MariaDB Repository Changes
Goto: https://mariadb.org/download/?t=repo-config&d=Red+Hat+Enterprise+Linux+8
Select the version and Country you want.
Modify repo file to the version you want to upgrade:
nano /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repo
Replace all the data with:
[mariadb]
name = MariaDB
# rpm.mariadb.org is a dynamic mirror if your preferred mirror goes offline. See https://mariadb.org/mirrorbits/ for details.
baseurl = https://rpm.mariadb.org/10.11/rhel/$releasever/$basearch
module_hotfixes = 1
gpgkey = https://rpm.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB
gpgcheck = 1
Using Nano Editor: Save using Ctrl-O, then Exit using Ctrl-X
Stop and remove the old version of MariaDB (Databases will not be removed)
service mysql stop
service mariadb stop
systemctl disable mariadb
rpm --nodeps -ev MariaDB-server
Install the new version of MariaDB
dnf clean all
dnf update "MariaDB-*" -y
dnf install MariaDB-server -y
systemctl enable mariadb
service mariadb start
mysql_upgrade
Verify upgraded packages
rpm -qa|grep -i maria
The output should look like this (10.4.x should be replaced with your new version)
MariaDB-server-10.11.6-1.el8.x86_64
MariaDB-common-10.11.6-1.el8.x86_64
MariaDB-client-10.11.6-1.el8.x86_64
MariaDB-shared-10.11.6-1.el8.x86_64
Congrats, you are ready to go.
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KB Article Written: 2023-11-24
Original Wiki Written: 2022-02-15 by CWP
https://wiki.centos-webpanel.com/mariadb-upgrade-to-new-version