MariaDB
Supported databases
This connector supports MariaDB 10.2 through 11.x, including:
- Self-hosted MariaDB
- Managed MariaDB services
- MariaDB Galera Cluster deployments
Required connection parameters
You must provide the following:
- Host
- Port – default:
3306 - Database name
- Username
- Password
The application generates the JDBC connection URL automatically.
Supported authentication methods
- Password-based authentication supported by MariaDB
- Standard MariaDB authentication plugins
Optional parameters
- SSL/TLS
- Failover and load balancing
- Connection timeout
- Socket timeout
Not supported
- MariaDB versions older than 10.2
- MySQL-specific features not implemented by MariaDB
- Unix socket connections
- Authentication methods requiring external native plugins
- Custom JDBC URLs
Notes
- Use this driver when connecting to MariaDB servers instead of the MySQL driver.
- Galera clusters are supported via standard TCP/IP endpoints.