mariadb Docker official image overview

Exploring the unique features and advantages of MariaDB over other popular databases.

Docker is typically known as the tool for managing and running containers in Linux. However, a lot of people seem to have misunderstood what it is use

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Using the MySQL/MariaDB Service with Github Actions

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Quadlet files make it easy to manage applications that need multiple containers, without needing root privileges

Matomo is a viable alternative to Google Analytics as an ethical and privacy-oriented web analytics tool. In this post we see how to install it with Docker, alongside MariaDB and a couple of nginx-related containers.

MariaDB is one of my favorite open-source relational databases. However, I hesitate to recommend it.

MariaDB Server is a general purpose open source relational database management system. It’s one of the most popular database servers in the world, with notable users including Wikipedia, WordPress.com and Google. … Continue reading "MariaDB in brief"

I remember this time when I discovered Vagrant. The magic behind this tool and the general idea of scaffolding the whole environment using single command was pretty genius. Moreover, I had programmed …

Docker is typically known as the tool for managing and running containers in Linux. However, a lot of people seem to have misunderstood what it is use

Like I mentioned in the previous post about a self-hosted life, I’ve grown fond of Docker for website management. There’s something very satisfying about running some commands and getting the same result every time (i.e., purely functional) and knowing there’s no stateful cruft hanging around from previous iterations. Enter Docker. Docker creates containers that are reproducible based on a file that tells it exactly what to do so that it does the same thing every time.

In this article, we will look at what is necessary to run OpenStack’s Keystone service (and the requisite database server) in containers using Docker Compose. Running MariaDB The standard mariadb docker image can be configured via a number of environment variables. It also benefits from persistent volume storage, since in most situations you don’t want to lose your data when you remove a container. A simple docker command line for starting MariaDB might look something like:

ed: If you want to run the containers right now, jump ahead to How to Use the Images.