MariaDB 11.4.1, 11.3.2 now available

The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 11.4.1, the first Release Candidate in the MariaDB 11.4 series, and MariaDB 11.3.2, the first and final stable release in the MariaDB 11.3 series. Both are short-term series. From MariaDB 11.3, we will stop doing GA bug fix releases within each minor version. If you wish to use a long-term release, MariaDB 10.11 will be maintained until 2028.

See the release notes and changelogs for details.


Download MariaDB 11.4.1

Release Notes Changelog What is MariaDB 11.4?

MariaDB 11.3.1, 11.2.2 now available

The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 11.3.1, the first Release Candidate in the MariaDB 11.3 series, and MariaDB 11.2.2, the first stable release in the MariaDB 11.2 series. Both are short-term series and will be maintained for one year after their respective G.A (stable) releases.

See the release notes and changelogs for details.


Download MariaDB 11.3.1

Release Notes Changelog What is MariaDB 11.3?


Download MariaDB 11.2.2

Release Notes Changelog What is MariaDB 11.2?

Mission Impossible: Zero-Configuration SSL

SSL (let’s call it that, even though SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0 were long replaced by TLS 1.0–1.3 protocols) support was implemented in MySQL in 2001, so MariaDB (born in 2009) always had it. But over more than twenty years of SSL support there was one huge problem with it. It required tedious manual configuration, so most users never bothered and accepted the fact that their queries and data were sent unprotected. Which might have been slightly risky in 2001, but is definitely reckless in 2023.

The traditional approach

Let’s see. First, the user installing MariaDB or MySQL has to generate a private key and a certificate.

MariaDB 11.3.0 preview release available

The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 11.3.0, a preview release in the MariaDB 11.3 series. MariaDB 11.3 is a short-term release and will be maintained for one year after its G.A (stable) release.

See the release notes for details.


Download MariaDB 11.3.0

Release Notes What is MariaDB 11.3?


Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB! …