Release Notes for MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4.6-1

Overview

This first release of MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4 includes a variety of new features and fixes, compared to MariaDB Community Server 10.4.5.

MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4.6-1 was released on 2019-07-08.

New Features

New Default Settings

A new Enterprise config file is provided that sets optimized defaults:

Notable Changes

  • SET PASSWORD is now plugin-agnostic

  • DISKS plugin, used by MariaDB MaxScale, is now of maturity stable

  • Access to data provided by DISKS plugin via the information schema requires FILE privilege

  • Unsupported Community plugins are not loaded by default

  • Embedded Server removed

  • HeidiSQL is not included in Windows installations

  • MariaDB Server is now statically linked with the bundled wolfSSL library in MSI and ZIP packages on Windows, as well as in .deb packages provided by Debian's and Ubuntu's default repositories

  • MariaDB Named Commands

Platforms

In alignment to the enterprise lifecycle, MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4.6-1 is provided for:

  • CentOS 7

  • CentOS 6

  • Debian 9

  • Debian 8

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

  • Ubuntu 18.04

  • Ubuntu 16.04

  • Microsoft Windows

Some components of MariaDB Enterprise Server might not support all platforms. For additional information, see "MariaDB Corporation Engineering Policies".

Note

CentOS 6, Debian 8, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 are no longer supported as per the MariaDB Engineering Policy. Older releases are available from the MariaDB Downloads page. Instructions for installation are included as a README file within the download.