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Adding MariaDB to your Shell​

devbox add mariadb, or in your devbox.json add 
    "packages": [
        "mariadb@latest"
    ]
You can manually add the MariaDB Plugin to your devbox.json by adding it to your include list: 
    "include": [
        "plugin:mariadb"
    ]
This will install the latest version of MariaDB. You can find other installable versions of MariaDB by running devbox search mariadb. You can also view the available versions on Nixhub

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MariaDB Plugin Support​

Devbox will automatically create the following configuration when you run devbox add mariadb. You can view the full configuration by running devbox info mariadb

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Services​

  • mariadb
You can use devbox services up|stop mariadb to start or stop the MariaDB Server.

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Environment Variables​

MYSQL_BASEDIR=.devbox/nix/profile/default
MYSQL_HOME=./.devbox/virtenv/mariadb/run
MYSQL_DATADIR=./.devbox/virtenv/mariadb/data
MYSQL_UNIX_PORT=./.devbox/virtenv/mariadb/run/mysql.sock
MYSQL_PID_FILE=./.devbox/mariadb/run/mysql.pid

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Files​

The plugin will also create the following helper files in your project’s .devbox/virtenv folder:
  • mariadb/flake.nix
  • mariadb/setup_db.sh
  • mariadb/process-compose.yaml
These files are used to setup your database and service, and should not be modified

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Notes​

  • This plugin wraps mysqld and mysql_install_db to work in your local project. For more information, see the flake.nix created in your .devbox/virtenv/mariadb folder.
  • This plugin will create a new database for your project in MYSQL_DATADIR if one doesn’t exist on shell init.
  • You can use mysqld to manually start the server, and mysqladmin -u root shutdown to manually stop it
  • .sock filepath can only be maximum 100 characters long. You can point to a different path by setting the MYSQL_UNIX_PORT env variable in your devbox.json as follows:
"env": {
    "MYSQL_UNIX_PORT": "/<some-other-path>/mysql.sock"
}

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Disabling the MariaDB Plugin​

You can disable the MariaDB plugin by running devbox add mariadb --disable-plugin, or by setting the disable_plugin field in your devbox.json: 
{
  "packages": {
    "mariadb": {
      "version": "latest",
      "disable_plugin": true
    }
  }
}
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