# How to connect MariaDb to ignition **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 25, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-connect-mariadb-to-ignition/14882 "2017-07-25T20:14:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mnzaba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@mnzaba](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mnzaba)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-connect-mariadb-to-ignition/14882/1 "2017-07-25T20:14:51Z")
Hello Evry body!!! I look at to connect MariaDb to Ignition. What do I do ---
**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-connect-mariadb-to-ignition/14882/2 "2017-07-25T20:29:01Z")
Is MariaDB installed? If so then create a database connection to it. I think you can use the MySQL driver to connect to it. Here is a video: [https://www.inductiveuniversity.com/video/connecting-to-mysql](https://www.inductiveuniversity.com/video/connecting-to-mysql) ---
**Author:** ![mnzaba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@mnzaba](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mnzaba)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-connect-mariadb-to-ignition/14882/3 "2017-07-26T11:54:31Z")
Yes, I want to install MariaDB… MySQL is already there by default in ignition. I can not apply the same procedure because I do not have MariaDb by default… ---
**Author:** ![mnzaba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@mnzaba](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mnzaba)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-connect-mariadb-to-ignition/14882/4 "2017-07-26T12:33:14Z")
It’s goog. it worked. Think you