MiriaDB – The Picky SysAdmin

Script to install WordPress and phpMyAdmin on CentOS 7

2023-01-022018-01-01 by Eric Schewe

Update 2019-08-22 – I recieved a request to update this script so that PHP 7.2 is used instead of the stock PHP 5.4 that comes with CentOS 7. I also swapped out MariaDB 10.2 with the latest 10.4. The instructions are nearly identical as before but there is now one extra step with the v1.1 … Read more

Replace MySQL with MiriaDB on CentOS 6

2023-01-022013-02-20 by Eric Schewe

Last modified: [last-modified] I’m running CentOS 6.3 64-bit and have been for a little while. I decided I wanted to swap out MySQL 5.1.x with MiriaDB 5.3.x. Why? Because I can. Plus I’ve read a bit and it sounds like MiriaDB is better optimized than MySQL. Also Oracle is evil. These instructions are based off … Read more