
In MariaDB 10.4 and later, the default service name used by the MSI installer is "MariaDB". It is recommended to run your database instance as a service as it greatly If it should be run as a service, then it also defines the service name.

Database Authentication/Security Related Properties "Browse" button to point to another place. To change the dataĭirectory location, select "Database instance" in the feature tree, and use the

Will be in the "data" folder under the installation root. NOTE: By default, if you install a database instance, the data directory Instances after the installation, with the mysql_install_db.exe utility. For example, if youĪlready have MySQL or MariaDB databases running as services, you can just Necessarily have to create an instance at this stage. In this case the installer will present additionalĭialogs to control various database properties. If the "Database instance"įeature is selected, the installer will create a database instance, by default Installed with the exception of the debug symbols. Here, you can choose what features to install. To start the installer, just click onĬlick on "I accept the terms" Custom Setup

This is the typical mode of installation.
