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Deploying an Azure Database for MariaDB

One great advantage of the cloud is the ability to utilize Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings to offload server and database administration, freeing you to focus on what drives success for your business. This includes your favorite open-source databases, such as MariaDB. In this hands-on lab scenario, you are the DBA for Awesome Company. You have been tasked with delivering an open-source database backend for a new cloud-native app. This solution should integrate closely with Azure services, allow seamless transition of developer code that has been written against MariaDB, and require as little hands-on maintenance as possible. Performing the actions of this lab will help you become familiar with how to provision an Azure Database for MariaDB server.

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Clock icon 15m
Last updated
Clock icon Aug 31, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Log in to the Azure Portal

    Log in to the Azure Portal using the provided credentials.

  2. Challenge

    Create an Azure Database for MariaDB

    1. Click the three-line menu icon in the top left corner of the page, and click Create a resource.
    2. Click on Databases.
    3. Click Azure Database for MariaDB.
    4. Select the resource group that the lab created for you.
    5. Provide a server name.
    6. For Location, select (US) West US.
    7. Under Compute + storage, click Configure server.
    8. Click Basic.
    9. Change Storage to 5 GB.
    10. Set Storage Auto-growth to No.
    11. Click OK.
    12. Provide an admin username and password.
    13. Click Review + create.
    14. Verify all is well, and click Create.
    15. Once the deployment is complete, click Go to resource.

    Congratulations! You now have a fully operational MariaDB Database server that is tightly integrated with other Azure services, has its infrastructure fully managed by Microsoft, and will allow your developer data and code to be transitioned seamlessly.

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