MariaDB

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
MariaDB Host Port
MariaDB /config Path

Drop-in replacement for MySQL built by the original authors — extends core MySQL functionality with alternate storage engines, server optimizations, and patches.


Port	3306
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/mariadb`
Source	https://github.com/MariaDB/server
Website	https://mariadb.org/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`11.4` / `11.4-pkg`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
`11.4-pkg-latest`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.
`11.8` / `11.8-pkg` / `latest` / `pkg`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
`11.8-pkg-latest` / `pkg-latest`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  mariadb:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/mariadb:latest
    container_name: mariadb
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=changeme
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=mydb
      - MYSQL_USER=myuser
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=mypassword
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/mariadb:/config"
    ports:
      - 3306:3306
    restart: unless-stopped

.env:

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=mariadb
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=changeme
MYSQL_DATABASE=mydb
MYSQL_USER=myuser
MYSQL_PASSWORD=mypassword

appjail-director.yml:

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  mariadb:
    name: mariadb
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: !ENV '${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}'
        - MYSQL_DATABASE: !ENV '${MYSQL_DATABASE}'
        - MYSQL_USER: !ENV '${MYSQL_USER}'
        - MYSQL_PASSWORD: !ENV '${MYSQL_PASSWORD}'
    volumes:
      - MARIADB_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  MARIADB_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/mariadb'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/mariadb:${tag}

podman run -d --name mariadb \
  -p 3306:3306 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=changeme \
  -e MYSQL_DATABASE=mydb \
  -e MYSQL_USER=myuser \
  -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=mypassword \
  -v /path/to/containers/mariadb:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/mariadb:latest

- name: Deploy mariadb
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: mariadb
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/mariadb:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "changeme"
      MYSQL_DATABASE: "mydb"
      MYSQL_USER: "myuser"
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: "mypassword"
    ports:
      - "3306:3306"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/mariadb:/config"

Access at: http://localhost:3306

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PUID`	`1000`
`PGID`	`1000`
`TZ`	`Etc/UTC`
`MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD`	`changeme`	Root password (required on first run)
`MYSQL_DATABASE`	`mydb`	Database to create on first run
`MYSQL_USER`	`myuser`	User to create on first run
`MYSQL_PASSWORD`	`mypassword`	Password for MYSQL_USER

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	MariaDB configuration and data

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`3306`	TCP	MariaDB port

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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