Tag: MariaDB

  • Encrypt your database with MariaDB encryption at rest

    The new EU data protection legislation, GDPR, mandates that every reasonable effort and technology is used to protect personal data. It even goes as far as specifying encryption. The open-source database MariaDB (a drop-in, compatible replacement for MySQL) has supported “encryption at rest” since version 10.1. Use MariaDB encryption to satisify the GDPR recommendation of using encryption to protect your personal data.

    Let’s have a look at what it can do and how you can set it up. You won’t have to make a single change to your website or application!

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  • Install a LAMP stack (Apache, MariaDB, PHP) on Ubuntu Server

    Ubuntu Server is a Linux distribution that is ideally suited to server workloads. For example: hosting websites and web applications.

    In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to install a LAMP stack – that’s Apache, MariaDB (in place of MySQL) and PHP – on Ubuntu Server using the latest available releases, and how to keep it up-to-date.

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  • MariaDB 10.1 is Generally Available

    The open-source database fork of MySQL, started by MySQL’s original developer – MariaDB – have certified their latest release of the 10.1 series (10.1.8) as Generally Available.

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