MariaDB versions higher then 10.3

Question

Hi Guys,

What is Azure view at MariaDB versions? Because the current stable version is 10.6.8. And I can only choose for 10.3 in Azure.

Answer 1

This is really unacceptable from Microsoft. Most applications are requiring a higher version than this now. It's been over a year since the last update on this issue and still no word.

MariaDB 10.3 came out in May 2018. It seems that Microsoft has abandoned its clients who use this service.

AWS supports up to 10.6 and is continually upgrading. We are going to migrate our application there because at least then we can expect SOME upgrades.

Answer 2

@Rahul Randive @anurag sharma you wrote at the 31th of May, 2022, 7:23 PM

Higher versions are part of backlog of product team but unfortunately they wont be able to introduce higher version in next 6 months due to other priority work. We will keep you updated when it happens. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Close to 12 months now. What a bummer. v11 is soon to be the newest stable version and v10.11.3 is the current stable one and Azure, one of the biggest cloud vendors out there, is still offering v10.3 as the max version? We are highly dependent on Django which will drop its support for 10.3 with v4.2.

The proposed "solution", to migrate to MySQL, is not acceptable.

Answer 3

The latest version available for MariaDB in the Azure portal is currently 10.3. However, what I learned is, it seems the MySQL Flexible server provides a newer community version and more advanced platform features as an alternative option.

Since MySQL is open-source and supported by all major cloud providers, this could be the preferred option.

Also, look like MariaDB v10.2 and v10.3 are still highly compatible with MySQL 5.7 where a simple dump (logical backup) and restore can help customers migrate to MySQL.

MySQL Flexible server

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/mysql/flexible-server/overview

This document is for MySQL but can be used to backup from MariaDB and restore to MySQL. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/mysql/single-server/concepts-migrate-dump-restore 

Answer 4

Hello,

Is there any update on this? v10.6 is the minimum norm which the clients are expecting now!

Regards

Navin

Answer 5

Hello everybody,

That is unfortunate. I was about to ask the same question. 10.2 is out of support since the end of May => https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-server-release-dates/

In one year, 10.3 will be unsupported as well. It seems that with version 10.6, mariadb switched from "normal" releases to long- and short-term support releases. Therefore it would be great if it was possible to choose 10.6 as long-term support version in the not-so-distant future. :)

Best regards,
Manuel