Aria Encryption

Learn about Aria encryption in MariaDB Server for data at rest. This section details how to encrypt Aria tablespaces, providing enhanced security for your stored data.

Aria: Encryption Overview

Introduction to encrypting Aria tables, covering the necessary system variables (aria_encrypt_tables, encrypt_tmp_disk_tables) and how to verify encryption status by inspecting data files.

Aria: Enabling Encryption

Step-by-step guide to enabling encryption for user-created and internal temporary Aria tables, including the requirement to manually rebuild existing tables using ALTER TABLE.

Aria: Encryption Keys

Details how Aria manages encryption keys (using ID 1 for user tables and ID 2 for temporary tables) and notes limitations regarding key rotation and per-table key assignment.

Aria: Disabling Encryption

Instructions for safely disabling encryption on Aria tables, emphasizing the need to rebuild tables to an unencrypted state before removing key management plugins.