Title: Install MariaDB
Course: Establish and maintain an LMS > Section: 02 - Install MariaDB

For the Database server in our system we will use MariaDB. This is a “fork” of the MySQL database with virtually the same functionalities but has a more open license.

Install MariaDB

For the Database server in our system we will use MariaDB. This is a “fork” of the MySQL database with virtually the same functionalities but has a more open license.

Click on the “Start Menu”

Open your web browser and go to https://downloads.mariadb.org/ or search the internet for “MariaDB download for windows”. This should be the first link.

The link will take you straight to the last stable release. Click “Download XX.X.X Stable now” (it might be a newer version than you see in the screenshot below).

You will see a page with many links. Search for the file that ends with “…winx64.msi”. That means that this is a 64 bit version with a installer (which will make our lives easier). Click on the filename to download it.

Click Run.

Once the installer is running, click “Next”

Check “I accept…” and then click “Next”

Click “Next” in the following window.

Now it’s time to create the root password. Root is the user with full privileges so it’s very important to create the password for this user and write it down. If you performed the tasks in the previous document you already have a sheet of paper with the password to your computer. You can write the password you chose for your database there. Make sure it’s 10 characters long or longer and contains only letters and numbers.

Once you typed your password twice, uncheck the “Enable access from remote machines…” checkbox and check “Use UTF-8 as default…” checkbox. Then click next.

Make sure the configurations on the next screen are the same that you see in the following picture and click “Next”

Uncheck the “Enable feedback…” checkbox and click “Next”

Click Install

Click “Yes” on the UAC window.

Wait for the installation to complete.

Once the installation is complete, click in “Finish”

That’s it, MariaDB is installed. Now you can go ahead and configure it to be used with Moodle.