Upgrading from MariaDB 11.3 to MariaDB 11.4

This page includes details for upgrading from to MariaDB 11.4. Note that is a rolling release, and MariaDB 11.4 is a long-term maintenance release. After MariaDB 11.4.2, one can continue to the next rolling release, 11.5.2, 11.6.2 and so on, or remain on the long-term series, MariaDB 11.4.3. MariaDB 11.4.4 etc.

How to Upgrade

For Windows, see Upgrading MariaDB on Windows.

For MariaDB Galera Cluster, see instead.

Before you upgrade, it would be best to take a backup of your database. This is always a good idea to do before an upgrade. We would recommend .

The suggested upgrade procedure is:

1. Modify the repository configuration, so the system's package manager installs . For example,

• On Debian, Ubuntu, and other similar Linux distributions, see for more information.

• On RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, and other similar Linux distributions, see for more information.

• On SLES, OpenSUSE, and other similar Linux distributions, see for more information.

1. .

2. Uninstall the old version of MariaDB.

• On Debian, Ubuntu, and other similar Linux distributions, execute the following:sudo apt-get remove mariadb-server

• On RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, and other similar Linux distributions, execute the following:sudo yum remove MariaDB-server

• On SLES, OpenSUSE, and other similar Linux distributions, execute the following:sudo zypper remove MariaDB-server

1. Install the new version of MariaDB.

• On Debian, Ubuntu, and other similar Linux distributions, see for more information.

• On RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, and other similar Linux distributions, see for more information.

• On SLES, OpenSUSE, and other similar Linux distributions, see for more information.

1. Make any desired changes to configuration options in , such as my.cnf. This includes removing any options that are no longer supported.

2. .

3. Run .

• mariadb-upgrade does two things:

  1. Ensures that the system tables in the database are fully compatible with the new version.

  2. Does a very quick check of all tables and marks them as compatible with the new version of MariaDB .

Incompatible Changes Between 11.3 and 11.4

Options That Have Been Removed

The following options should be removed if you use them in your :

See Also

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