# Using MariaDB instead of MySQL?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-mariadb-instead-of-mysql/10258>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 22, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-mariadb-instead-of-mysql/10258 "2015-07-22T17:13:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sam5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Sam5](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sam5)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-mariadb-instead-of-mysql/10258/1 "2015-07-22T17:13:33Z")

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Are they any issues we should be aware of migrating from MySQL to MariaDB? At this time Maria is suppose be a drop in replacement of MySQL, and more Linux distributions are now packaging Maria instead of MySQL community in default repositories. I assume since Ignition is compatible with both MySQL and MS SQL that the database itself is not too platform specific. I do have Ignition connected to MariaDB on a test server, but would appreciate further guidance/opinions

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**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-mariadb-instead-of-mysql/10258/2 "2015-07-23T06:20:03Z")

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Nope, works in place. Have been using it for over 2 years now instead of vanilla MySQL. You need to jump through a few hoops to get TokuDB running properly, but nothing major.