Deploy MariaDB on Your VPS
Deploy MariaDB on your VPS in one click. Drop-in MySQL replacement, fully open source, maintained by the original MySQL devs.
MariaDB is the community-driven fork of MySQL maintained by the engineers who created MySQL in the first place. It is wire-compatible with MySQL clients, drivers, and ORMs — meaning you can swap a Vessl MariaDB service in for any MySQL deployment without changing application code.
Pick MariaDB over the upstream MySQL template when you want a permissively-licensed engine free of Oracle's Contributor License Agreement, or when you want features like sequences, virtual columns, and JSON path indexing that arrived in MariaDB earlier than MySQL.
What's included
- Persistent volume for data durability across restarts and redeploys
- Auto-generated root + application user passwords
- Initial database + non-root user provisioned on first boot
- Internal-only network exposure — no public DB port
- Compatible with every MySQL client and ORM (Laravel, Rails, Django, Prisma, etc.)
Common use cases
- MySQL-compatible application database without the Oracle dependency
- Self-hosted alternative to AWS Aurora MySQL / Cloud SQL
- Replacement for the MySQL template in development and staging
Frequently asked questions
How is MariaDB different from MySQL?
They share a common ancestor and remain wire-compatible. MariaDB ships features like sequences, virtual columns, and improved JSON support earlier; MySQL has a slight edge on official cloud-vendor support. For most application workloads they are interchangeable.
Can I migrate an existing MySQL database to this?
Yes. mysqldump from your current MySQL server and import directly into the Vessl MariaDB service — wire format is identical for MariaDB 10/11 and MySQL 5.7/8.
Is the data persistent across redeploys?
Yes — the data directory lives on a Docker named volume that persists across container restarts and image updates.
Ready to ship?
Deploy MariaDB in under a minute.
Connect your VPS, pick this template, fill in any required fields. Vessl handles the container, SSL, and persistent storage.
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