Overview
MariaDB Server 10 on Amazon Linux 2023 delivers a fully configured, production-ready relational database environment optimized for AWS cloud deployments. Built on Amazon Linux 2023, this AMI provides enhanced security, reliability, and seamless integration with AWS services.
MariaDB Server is a community-developed fork of MySQL, offering enhanced features, better performance, and continued open source development. MariaDB 10 introduces significant improvements including new storage engines, better query optimization, and enhanced replication capabilities.
Key components included:
- MariaDB Server 10.11.18 LTS - Latest stable release with InnoDB and Aria storage engines
- Amazon Linux 2023 - AWS-native operating system with optimized kernel and tooling
- AWS CLI 2.33.15 - Pre-configured for AWS resource management
- Git 2.50.1 - Version control for database scripts and configurations
- jq 1.8.1 - JSON processor for API responses and scripting
Key features of MariaDB 10:
- MySQL compatibility - Drop-in replacement for MySQL with enhanced features
- InnoDB storage engine - ACID-compliant with row-level locking and foreign keys
- Aria storage engine - Crash-safe tables for high availability
- Galera Cluster support - Multi-master synchronous replication
- ColumnStore - Distributed data warehousing engine (optional)
- Improved query optimizer - Better performance for complex queries
- JSON support - Native JSON data type and functions
Security hardening:
- SSH access restricted to key pair authentication only
- MariaDB root user limited to localhost connections
- SELinux enabled in enforcing mode for mandatory access control
- Firewall configured to control database port access
- Automatic security updates enabled via dnf-automatic
- Unnecessary services removed to reduce attack surface
This AMI is suitable for:
- Web application backends requiring relational database
- E-commerce platforms and content management systems
- Data warehousing and analytics workloads
- Development and testing environments
- Database migration from MySQL to MariaDB
- High availability setups with replication
Highlights
- Performance optimization: MariaDB displays excellent performance when processing large databases and high concurrent access through optimization of the database engine. Some optional storage engines such as InnoDB, MyRocks and Aria provide higher performance and throughput.
- Extensibility: MariaDB introduces many new features and extensions to enhance the functionality of the database. It supports partitioning, replication, distribution and other features, easily coping with the needs of data growth and system expansion.
- Security: MariaDB focuses on security and provides more security features such as data encryption, access control, and audit log tracking. It also inherits the powerful authentication function of MySQL to protect the security of user data.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
MariaDB Server 10 on Amazon Linux 2023 provides a production-ready, security-hardened database environment for AWS users.
Included Software:
- MariaDB Server 10.x - Open source relational database, MySQL-compatible
- Amazon Linux 2023 - AWS-native Linux distribution with long-term support
- AWS CLI v2 - AWS command line interface for cloud resource management
- Git - Version control system
- jq - JSON processor for scripting
Security:
- SSH hardened: Key pair authentication only, password login disabled
- MariaDB root access restricted to localhost
- Firewall configured for database port access control
- Automatic security updates enabled via dnf-automatic
- SELinux enabled in enforcing mode
Optimizations:
- MariaDB configuration tuned for Amazon EC2 instance types
- InnoDB buffer pool settings optimized for cloud workloads
- Connection pooling configuration for better concurrency
- Query cache disabled by default (recommended for production)
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Usage instructions
SSH to the instance and login as 'ec2-user' using the key pair specified at launch. For more details on connecting to a Linux instance, see: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html
Once connected, refer to the documentation in /home/ec2-user/ for quick start and configuration guidance:
- README.md - Environment overview and component versions
- deployment.md - Deployment guide with configuration and common patterns
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