Comments - Not able to access MariaDB even from LocalHost - Access denied for user 'root'@'puppetmaster29' (using password: YES)
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Check the ownership/permissions on /var/lib/mysql ? After confirming that use the ls -laZ to look at the selinux (https://mariadb.com/kb/en/selinux/) labels.
You may need to sudo restorecon -Rv /var/lib/mysql before starting the service
Apologies I was looking at the mysqld permission denied at the end. This is a second instance of the server not a client connection. It won't succeed, and that's a good thing.
As this is a fresh install use:
sudo mariadb -u root
followed by the following if want a root password
set password = password('myPassword');