Choosing an Encryption Plugin

Overview

MariaDB Enterprise Server and MariaDB Community Server supports data-at-rest encryption, which secures data on the file system. The server and storage engines encrypt data before writes and decrypts during reads, ensuring that the data is only unencrypted when accessed directly through the server.

They support multiple encryption plugins, which are suited for different use cases.

Encryption Plugin

Description

HashiCorp Vault

  • It integrates with HashiCorp Vault

  • It supports key rotation

  • It securely communicates with the remote KMS using TLS.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) KMS

  • It integrates with AWS KMS.

  • It supports key rotation.

  • It must be compiled from source.

File Key Management

  • It stores encryption keys in a local plain-text key file.

  • The plain-text key file can be encrypted.

  • It does not support key rotation.

Feature

HashiCorp Vault

Amazon Web Services (AWS) KMS

File Key Management

Supported by MariaDB Enterprise Server

Yes

Yes

Yes

Supported by MariaDB Community Server

No

Yes

Yes

Supports key rotation

Yes

Yes

No