MySQL replaced by MariaDB

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#1 Tue, 03/21/2017 - 03:15
casperdk

MySQL replaced by MariaDB

Hey,

I'm running Virtualmin on CentOS 7. I've always been running MySQL. Since last week, the server seemingly automatically removes MySQl and replaces it by MariaDB. All virtual servers lose database connection. It happened two times in the middle of the night.

I'd like to keep using MySQL instead of MariaDB. How can I prevent the system from removing MySQL and installing MariaDB? Is there a repo I have to remove?

Thanks in advance!

Mon, 03/27/2017 - 10:40
cruiskeen

I guess the question here is how did you get mysql installed in the first place, since CentOS 7 uses MariaDB natively.

Mon, 03/27/2017 - 16:01
Diabolico
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@cruiskeen was right, the real question is how did you manage to have MySQL on Centos 7 instead of MariaDB? This question aside, just want to mention few things:
1. MariaDB is way better and faster than MySQL.
2. Nothing happens "seemingly automatically" if you didnt enabled auto-update.
3. Isnt smart to have enabled auto-update because you should check each and every update before applying. This is just an open invitation for disaster and it will happen sooner or later.
4. You should really switch to native MariaDB and work on connection problems instead of using MySQL.

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