MariaDB 11 LTS on Ubuntu 24.04

## MariaDB 11 LTS on Ubuntu 24.04 by cloudimg

MariaDB 11 LTS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat), purpose built for Microsoft Azure and maintained by cloudimg. MariaDB is the community developed, drop in compatible fork of MySQL maintained by the MariaDB Foundation. The 11.x LTS series receives security and bug fix patches for five years from release, making it the right choice for production workloads where stability matters more than bleeding edge feature additions.

Why Choose cloudimg?

* 24/7 Expert Support with guaranteed 24 hour response for all requests and one hour average for critical issues. Contact support@cloudimg.co.uk

* Production Ready from Launch Pre configured, security patched, and validated before publication

* Azure Native Integration Built with Azure Linux Agent, cloud init, and Gen2 Hyper V support

* Per VM Credential Generation Root password generated uniquely at first boot and written to /stage/scripts/mariadb-credentials.log. No two virtual machines ever share a root password and no password is baked into the image

What is Included

* MariaDB 11 LTS server installed from the official MariaDB Foundation APT repository (mariadb.org) pinned to the noble (Ubuntu 24.04) distribution for timely security patches

* mariadb client, mariadb-admin, mariadb-dump (the modern mariadb prefixed names; legacy mysql prefixed symlinks are also present)

* mariadb-firstboot.service systemd oneshot that rotates the root password, applies hardening (anonymous users dropped, test database dropped, remote root login disabled), creates the cloudimg default database with utf8mb4 character set, and provisions a cloudimg user with all privileges on it

* mariadb.service systemd unit auto starting on boot

* Listener on TCP 3306 bound to 0.0.0.0 (NSG controls actual network access)

* Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base with latest security patches applied at build time

* Azure Linux Agent for seamless cloud integration and SSH key injection

MariaDB 11 LTS

The 11.x series introduced support for SQL standard JSON path expressions, enhanced spatial indexing, vector support for AI workloads, and substantial query optimizer improvements over 10.x. The LTS designation guarantees a five year community patch lifecycle so you can deploy with confidence on long lived production infrastructure.

MySQL Drop in Compatibility

MariaDB 11 maintains binary compatibility with the MySQL wire protocol and a high level of SQL compatibility. Most existing MySQL applications, ORMs, and connectors work without code changes. The MariaDB Connector libraries also speak the MySQL protocol natively for legacy clients.

Use Cases

* Web application backends (LAMP, Django, Rails, Laravel) where MariaDB is preferred over MySQL for licensing or community reasons

* Drop in replacement for legacy MySQL 5.7 or 8.0 installations during migration to a community supported database

* WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and other CMS workloads (most CMS communities recommend MariaDB)

* Analytics workloads benefiting from MariaDB's columnar storage engines (ColumnStore is available as an add on)

* Per service databases for microservices on small to medium VMs

* Development and staging environments needing a stable, well supported relational database

Technical Specifications

* Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

* MariaDB Version: 11.x LTS (official MariaDB Foundation APT repo)

* Default Database: cloudimg (utf8mb4, utf8mb4_unicode_ci collation)

* SQL Port: 3306 (bound to 0.0.0.0; restrict via NSG)

* Default Admin User: root (per VM password)

* Default App User: cloudimg (all privileges on cloudimg database)

* Service Management: systemd (mariadb.service, mariadb-firstboot.service)

* Recommended Size: Standard_B2s for development, Standard_D4s_v5 or larger for production

* VM Generation: Hyper V Gen2 with UEFI boot

Support

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