containers/bitnami/mariadb-galera

Bitnami Secure Image for MariaDB Galera

MariaDB Galera is a multi-primary database cluster solution for synchronous replication and high availability.

Overview of MariaDB Galera Trademarks: This software listing is packaged by Bitnami. The respective trademarks mentioned in the offering are owned by the respective companies, and use of them does not imply any affiliation or endorsement.

TL;DR

docker run --name mariadb \
  -e ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes \
  bitnami/mariadb-galera:latest

Warning: These quick setups are only intended for development environments. You are encouraged to change the insecure default credentials and check out the available configuration options in the Configuration section for a more secure deployment.

Why use Bitnami Secure Images?

Those are hardened, minimal CVE images built and maintained by Bitnami. Bitnami Secure Images are based on the cloud-optimized, security-hardened enterprise OS Photon Linux. Why choose BSI images?

• Hardened secure images of popular open source software with Near-Zero Vulnerabilities
• Vulnerability Triage & Prioritization with VEX Statements, KEV and EPSS Scores
• Compliance focus with FIPS, STIG, and air-gap options, including secure bill of materials (SBOM)
• Software supply chain provenance attestation through in-toto
• First class support for the internet’s favorite Helm charts

Each image comes with valuable security metadata. You can view the metadata in our public catalog here. Note: Some data is only available with commercial subscriptions to BSI.

If you are looking for our previous generation of images based on Debian Linux, please see the Bitnami Legacy registry.

How to deploy MariaDB Galera in Kubernetes?

Deploying Bitnami applications as Helm Charts is the easiest way to get started with our applications on Kubernetes. Read more about the installation in the Bitnami MariaDB Galera Chart GitHub repository.

Why use a non-root container?

Non-root container images add an extra layer of security and are generally recommended for production environments. However, because they run as a non-root user, privileged tasks are typically off-limits. Learn more about non-root containers in our docs.

Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links

Note

Debian 9 and Oracle Linux 7 images have been deprecated in favor of Debian 10 images. Bitnami will not longer publish new Docker images based on Debian 9 or Oracle Linux 7.

Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags in our documentation page.

Get this image

The recommended way to get the Bitnami MariaDB Galera Docker Image is to pull the prebuilt image from the Docker Hub Registry.

docker pull bitnami/mariadb-galera:latest

To use a specific version, you can pull a versioned tag. You can view the list of available versions in the Docker Hub Registry.

docker pull bitnami/mariadb-galera:[TAG]

If you wish, you can also build the image yourself by cloning the repository, changing to the directory containing the Dockerfile and executing the docker build command. Remember to replace the APP, VERSION and OPERATING-SYSTEM path placeholders in the example command below with the correct values.

git clone https://github.com/bitnami/containers.git
cd bitnami/APP/VERSION/OPERATING-SYSTEM
docker build -t bitnami/APP:latest .

Using docker-compose.yaml

Please be aware this file has not undergone internal testing. Consequently, we advise its use exclusively for development or testing purposes. For production-ready deployments, we highly recommend utilizing its associated Bitnami Helm chart.

Persisting your database

If you remove the container all your data will be lost, and the next time you run the image the database will be reinitialized. To avoid this loss of data, you should mount a volume that will persist even after the container is removed.

For persistence you should mount a directory at the /bitnami/mariadb path. If the mounted directory is empty, it will be initialized on the first run.

Connecting to other containers

Using Docker container networking, a MariaDB server running inside a container can easily be accessed by your application containers.

Containers attached to the same network can communicate with each other using the container name as the hostname.

Configuration

The following section describes the supported environment variables

Environment variables

The following tables list the main variables you can set.

Customizable environment variables

Name	Description	Default Value
ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD	Allow MariaDB Galera access without any password.	no
MARIADB_AUTHENTICATION_PLUGIN	MariaDB Galera authentication plugin to configure during the first initialization.	nil
MARIADB_ROOT_USER	MariaDB Galera database root user.	root
MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD	MariaDB Galera database root user password.	nil
MARIADB_USER	MariaDB Galera database user to create during the first initialization.	nil
MARIADB_PASSWORD	Password for the MariaDB Galera database user to create during the first initialization.	nil
MARIADB_DATABASE	MariaDB Galera database to create during the first initialization.	nil
MARIADB_MASTER_HOST	Address for the MariaDB Galera master node.	nil
MARIADB_MASTER_PORT_NUMBER	Port number for the MariaDB Galera master node.	3306
MARIADB_MASTER_ROOT_USER	MariaDB Galera database root user of the master host.	root
MARIADB_MASTER_ROOT_PASSWORD	Password for the MariaDB Galera database root user of the the master host.	nil
MARIADB_MASTER_DELAY	MariaDB Galera database replication delay.	0
MARIADB_REPLICATION_USER	MariaDB Galera replication database user.	nil
MARIADB_REPLICATION_PASSWORD	Password for the MariaDB Galera replication database user.	nil
MARIADB_PORT_NUMBER	Port number to use for the MariaDB Galera Server service.	nil
MARIADB_REPLICATION_MODE	MariaDB Galera replication mode.	nil
MARIADB_REPLICATION_SLAVE_DUMP	Make a dump on master and update slave MariaDB Galera database	false
MARIADB_EXTRA_FLAGS	Extra flags to be passed to start the MariaDB Galera Server.	nil
MARIADB_INIT_SLEEP_TIME	Sleep time when waiting for MariaDB Galera init configuration operations to finish.	nil
MARIADB_CHARACTER_SET	MariaDB Galera collation to use.	nil
MARIADB_COLLATE	MariaDB Galera collation to use.	nil
MARIADB_BIND_ADDRESS	MariaDB Galera bind address.	nil
MARIADB_SQL_MODE	MariaDB Galera Server SQL modes to enable.	nil
MARIADB_UPGRADE	MariaDB Galera upgrade option.	AUTO
MARIADB_SKIP_TEST_DB	Whether to skip creating the test database.	no
MARIADB_CLIENT_ENABLE_SSL	Whether to force SSL for connections to the MariaDB Galera database.	no
MARIADB_CLIENT_SSL_CA_FILE	Path to CA certificate to use for SSL connections to the MariaDB Galera database server.	nil
MARIADB_CLIENT_SSL_CERT_FILE	Path to client public key certificate to use for SSL connections to the MariaDB Galera database server.	nil
MARIADB_CLIENT_SSL_KEY_FILE	Path to client private key to use for SSL connections to the MariaDB Galera database server.	nil
MARIADB_CLIENT_EXTRA_FLAGS	Whether to force SSL connections with the "mysql" CLI tool. Useful for applications that rely on the CLI instead of APIs.	no
MARIADB_STARTUP_WAIT_RETRIES	Number of retries waiting for the database to be running.	300
MARIADB_STARTUP_WAIT_SLEEP_TIME	Sleep time between retries waiting for the database to be running.	2
MARIADB_ENABLE_SLOW_QUERY	Whether to enable slow query logs.	0
MARIADB_LONG_QUERY_TIME	How much time, in seconds, defines a slow query.	10.0
MARIADB_GALERA_DEFAULT_NODE_NAME	Default logical name that the node will use to refer to itself in the Galera cluster.	nil
MARIADB_GALERA_DEFAULT_NODE_ADDRESS	Default node address to report to the Galera cluster.	nil
MARIADB_GALERA_DEFAULT_MARIABACKUP_PASSWORD	Default password for the username to use with the "mariabackup" tool for State Snapshot Transfer (SST).	nil
MARIADB_GALERA_CONF_DIR	MariaDB Galera configuration directory	/opt/bitnami/mariadb/conf
MARIADB_GALERA_MOUNTED_CONF_DIR	Directory for including custom configuration files (that override the default generated ones)	/bitnami/conf
MARIADB_GALERA_FORCE_SAFETOBOOTSTRAP	Whether bootstrapping should be performed even if the node is marked as not safe to bootstrap.	nil
MARIADB_GALERA_CLUSTER_BOOTSTRAP	Whether the node should be the one performing the bootstrap process of the Galera cluster.	nil
MARIADB_GALERA_CLUSTER_ADDRESS	Galera cluster address.	nil
MARIADB_GALERA_CLUSTER_NAME	Galera cluster name.	$DB_GALERA_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_NAME
MARIADB_GALERA_NODE_NAME	Logical name that the node uses to refer to itself in the Galera cluster, defaults to the node hostname.	nil
MARIADB_GALERA_NODE_ADDRESS	Node address to report to the Galera cluster, defaults to the node IP address.	nil
MARIADB_GALERA_SST_METHOD	State Snapshot Transfer (SST) method to use.	$DB_GALERA_DEFAULT_SST_METHOD
MARIADB_GALERA_MARIABACKUP_USER	Username to use with the "mariabackup" tool for State Snapshot Transfer (SST).	$DB_GALERA_DEFAULT_MARIABACKUP_USER
MARIADB_GALERA_MARIABACKUP_PASSWORD	Password for the username to use with the "mariabackup" tool for State Snapshot Transfer (SST).	$DB_GALERA_DEFAULT_MARIABACKUP_PASSWORD
MARIADB_ENABLE_LDAP	Whether to enable LDAP for MariaDB Galera.	no
MARIADB_ENABLE_TLS	Whether to enable SSL/TLS for MariaDB Galera.	no
MARIADB_TLS_CERT_FILE	Path to the MariaDB Galera SSL/TLS certificate file.	nil
MARIADB_TLS_KEY_FILE	Path to the MariaDB Galera SSL/TLS certificate key file.	nil
MARIADB_TLS_CA_FILE	Path to the MariaDB Galera SSL/TLS certificate authority CA file.	nil
MARIADB_REPLICATION_USER	MariaDB Galera replication database user.	monitor
MARIADB_REPLICATION_PASSWORD	Password for the MariaDB Galera replication database user.	monitor

Read-only environment variables

Name	Description	Value
DB_FLAVOR	SQL database flavor. Valid values: mariadb or mysql.	mariadb
DB_BASE_DIR	Base path for MariaDB Galera files.	${BITNAMI_ROOT_DIR}/mariadb
DB_VOLUME_DIR	MariaDB Galera directory for persisted files.	${BITNAMI_VOLUME_DIR}/mariadb
DB_DATA_DIR	MariaDB Galera directory for data files.	${DB_VOLUME_DIR}/data
DB_BIN_DIR	MariaDB Galera directory where executable binary files are located.	${DB_BASE_DIR}/bin
DB_SBIN_DIR	MariaDB Galera directory where service binary files are located.	${DB_BASE_DIR}/sbin
DB_CONF_DIR	MariaDB Galera configuration directory.	${DB_BASE_DIR}/conf
DB_DEFAULT_CONF_DIR	MariaDB Galera default configuration directory.	${DB_BASE_DIR}/conf.default
DB_LOGS_DIR	MariaDB Galera logs directory.	${DB_BASE_DIR}/logs
DB_TMP_DIR	MariaDB Galera directory for temporary files.	${DB_BASE_DIR}/tmp
DB_CONF_FILE	Main MariaDB Galera configuration file.	${DB_CONF_DIR}/my.cnf
DB_PID_FILE	MariaDB Galera PID file.	${DB_TMP_DIR}/mysqld.pid
DB_SOCKET_FILE	MariaDB Galera Server socket file.	${DB_TMP_DIR}/mysql.sock
DB_DAEMON_USER	Users that will execute the MariaDB Galera Server process.	mysql
DB_DAEMON_GROUP	Group that will execute the MariaDB Galera Server process.	mysql
MARIADB_DEFAULT_PORT_NUMBER	Default port number to use for the MariaDB Galera Server service.	3306
MARIADB_DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET	Default MariaDB Galera character set.	utf8mb4
MARIADB_DEFAULT_BIND_ADDRESS	Default MariaDB Galera bind address.	0.0.0.0
MARIADB_GALERA_GRASTATE_FILE	Path to the Galera "grastate.dat" file.	${DB_DATA_DIR}/grastate.dat
MARIADB_GALERA_BOOTSTRAP_DIR	Path to the Galera directory that will contain a file for checking whether the node is already bootstrapped or not.	${DB_VOLUME_DIR}/.bootstrap
MARIADB_GALERA_BOOTSTRAP_FILE	Path to the Galera file that will check whether the node is already bootstrapped or not.	${DB_GALERA_BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/done
MARIADB_GALERA_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_ADDRESS	Default Galera cluster address.	gcomm://
MARIADB_GALERA_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_NAME	Default Galera cluster name.	galera
MARIADB_GALERA_DEFAULT_SST_METHOD	Default State Snapshot Transfer (SST) method to use.	mariabackup
MARIADB_GALERA_DEFAULT_MARIABACKUP_USER	Default username to use with the "mariabackup" tool for State Snapshot Transfer (SST).	mariabackup

Initializing a new instance

When the container is executed for the first time, it will execute the files with extensions .sh, .sql and .sql.gz located at /docker-entrypoint-startdb.d.

In order to have your custom files inside the docker image you can mount them as a volume.

Take into account those scripts are treated differently depending on the extension. While the .sh scripts are executed in all the nodes; the .sql and .sql.gz scripts are only executed in the bootstrap node. The reason behind this differentiation is that the .sh scripts allow adding conditions to determine what is the node running the script, while these conditions can't be set using .sql nor sql.gz files. This way it is possible to cover different use cases depending on their needs.

Note

If you are importing large databases, it is recommended to import them as .sql instead of .sql.gz, as the latter one needs to be decompressed on the fly and not allowing for additional optimizations to import large files.

Passing extra command-line flags to mysqld startup

Passing extra command-line flags to the mysqld service command is possible through the following env var:

• MARIADB_EXTRA_FLAGS: Flags to be appended to the startup command. No defaults

Setting character set and collation

It is possible to configure the character set and collation used by default by the database with the following environment variables:

• MARIADB_CHARACTER_SET: The default character set to use. Default: utf8
• MARIADB_COLLATE: The default collation to use. Default: utf8_general_ci

Setting the root password on first run

The root user and password can easily be setup with the Bitnami MariaDB Galera Docker image using the following environment variables:

• MARIADB_ROOT_USER: The database admin user. Defaults to root.
• MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: The database admin user password. No defaults.

Passing the MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD environment variable when running the image for the first time will set the password of the MARIADB_ROOT_USER user to the value of MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD.

Warning The MARIADB_ROOT_USER user is always created with remote access. It's suggested that the MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD env variable is always specified to set a password for the MARIADB_ROOT_USER user. In case you want to allow the MARIADB_ROOT_USER user to access the database without a password set the environment variable ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes. This is suggested only for development or testing environments.

Allowing empty passwords

By default the MariaDB Galera image expects all the available passwords to be set. In order to allow empty passwords, it is necessary to set the ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes env variable. This env variable is only suggested for testing or development purposes. We strongly recommend specifying the MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD for any other scenario.

Creating a database on first run

By passing the MARIADB_DATABASE environment variable when running the image for the first time, a database will be created. This is useful if your application requires that a database already exists, saving you from having to manually create the database using the MySQL client.

Creating a database user on first run

You can create a restricted database user that only has permissions for the database created with the MARIADB_DATABASE environment variable. To do this, provide the MARIADB_USER environment variable and to set a password for the database user provide the MARIADB_PASSWORD variable.

Note! The root user will be created with remote access and without a password if ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD is enabled. Please provide the MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD env variable instead if you want to set a password for the root user.

Enabling LDAP support

LDAP configuration parameters must be specified if you wish to enable LDAP support for your MariaDB Galera cluster. The following environment variables are available to configure LDAP support:

• MARIADB_ENABLE_LDAP: Whether to enable LDAP authentication. Defaults to no.
• LDAP_URI: LDAP URL beginning in the form ldap[s]:/<hostname>:<port>. No defaults.
• LDAP_BASE: LDAP base DN. No defaults.
• LDAP_BIND_DN: LDAP bind DN. No defaults.
• LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: LDAP bind password. No defaults.
• LDAP_BASE_LOOKUP: LDAP base lookup (Optional). No defaults.
• LDAP_NSS_INITGROUPS_IGNOREUSERS: LDAP ignored users. Defaults to root,nslcd.
• LDAP_SCOPE: LDAP search scope (Optional). No defaults.
• LDAP_SEARCH_FILTER: LDAP search filter on posix users (Optional). No defaults.
• LDAP_SEARCH_MAP: LDAP custom search attribute to be looked up on posix users (Optional). No defaults.
• LDAP_TLS_REQCERT: LDAP TLS check on server certificates (Optional). No defaults.

Refer to the OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide to learn more about LDAP.

Securing Galera cluster traffic

To secure the traffic you must mount the certificates files and set the following environment variables in all the cluster members:

• MARIADB_ENABLE_TLS: Whether to enable TLS for traffic. Defaults to no.
• MARIADB_TLS_CERT_FILE: File containing the certificate file for the TLS traffic. No defaults.
• MARIADB_TLS_KEY_FILE: File containing the key for certificate. No defaults.
• MARIADB_TLS_CA_FILE: File containing the CA of the certificate. No defaults.

Setting up a multi-master cluster

A zero downtime MariaDB Galera replication cluster can easily be setup with the Bitnami MariaDB Galera Docker image by starting additional MariaDB Galera nodes. The following environment variables are available to configure the cluster:

• MARIADB_GALERA_CLUSTER_BOOTSTRAP: Whether node is first node of the cluster. No defaults.
• MARIADB_GALERA_CLUSTER_NAME: Galera cluster name. Default to galera.
• MARIADB_GALERA_CLUSTER_ADDRESS: Galera cluster address to join. Defaults to gcomm:// on a bootstrap node.
• MARIADB_GALERA_NODE_ADDRESS: Node address to report to the Galera cluster. Defaults to eth0 address inside container.
• MARIADB_GALERA_MARIABACKUP_USER: mariabackup username for State Snapshot Transfer(SST). Defaults to mariabackup.
• MARIADB_GALERA_MARIABACKUP_PASSWORD: mariabackup password for SST. No defaults.
• MARIADB_REPLICATION_USER: mariadb replication username. Defaults to monitor.
• MARIADB_REPLICATION_PASSWORD: mariadb replication user password. Defaults to monitor.

In a MariaDB Galera cluster the first node should be a bootstrap node (started with MARIADB_GALERA_CLUSTER_BOOTSTRAP=yes). The other nodes in the cluster should not be started with this environment variable, instead the MARIADB_GALERA_CLUSTER_ADDRESS variable should be specified. All the nodes in the MariaDB Galera cluster are in read-write mode and therefore offers high availability for high traffic applications.

MariaDB Galera cluster requires every node can connect to each other. If you run the MariaDB Galera nodes in isolated networks (for example, traditional Docker bridge networks on different hosts without Kubernetes), you must make sure every node knows its connectable public IP address (the IP of each host). You should add extra flags to MARIADB_EXTRA_FLAGS --wsrep_provider_options=ist.recv_addr=<PUBLIC_IP>:4568;ist.recv_bind=0.0.0.0:4568 --wsrep_node_incoming_address=<PUBLIC_IP> --wsrep_sst_receive_address=<PUBLIC_IP> and publish all MariaDB Galera ports to host by -p 3306:3306,4444:4444,4567:4567,4568:4568. Another choice is using the Docker host network which makes every node can connect to each other without extra flags.

Slow filesystems

In some platforms, the filesystem used for persistence could be slow. That could cause the database to take extra time to be ready. If that's the case, you can configure the MARIADB_INIT_SLEEP_TIME environment variable to make the initialization script to wait extra time (in seconds) before proceeding with the configuration operations.

Configuration file

It is possible to mount a configuration file at /opt/bitnami/mariadb/conf/my.cnf and overwrite the main configuration file. The image also looks for user-defined configurations in /opt/bitnami/mariadb/conf/my_custom.cnf. Create a file named my_custom.cnf and mount it at /opt/bitnami/mariadb/conf/my_custom.cnf.

Refer to the MySQL server option and variable reference guide for the complete list of configuration options.

FIPS configuration in Bitnami Secure Images

The Bitnami MariaDB Galera Docker image from the Bitnami Secure Images catalog includes extra features and settings to configure the container with FIPS capabilities. You can configure the next environment variables:

• OPENSSL_FIPS: whether OpenSSL runs in FIPS mode or not. yes (default), no.

Customize this image

The Bitnami MariaDB Galera Docker image is designed to be extended so it can be used as the base image for your custom configuration.

Extend this image

Before extending this image, please note there are certain configuration settings you can modify using the original image:

• Settings that can be adapted using environment variables. For instance, you can change the ports used by MariaDB, by setting the environment variables MARIADB_PORT_NUMBER or the character set using MARIADB_CHARACTER_SET respectively.

If your desired customizations cannot be covered using the methods mentioned above, extend the image. To do so, create your own image using a Dockerfile with the format below:

FROM bitnami/mariadb-galera
## Put your customizations below
...

Logging

The Bitnami MariaDB Galera Docker image sends the container logs to stdout. To view the logs:

docker logs mariadb

or using Docker Compose:

docker-compose logs mariadb

To increase the verbosity on intialization or add extra debug information, you can assign the BITNAMI_DEBUG environment variable to true.

You can configure the containers logging driver using the --log-driver option if you wish to consume the container logs differently. In the default configuration docker uses the json-file driver.

Useful Links

• Create An AMP Development Environment With Bitnami Containers
• Create An EMP Development Environment With Bitnami Containers

Notable Changes

10.2.41-debian-10-r11, 10.3.32-debian-10-r11, 10.4.22-debian-10-r11, 10.5.13-debian-10-r10, 10.6.5-debian-10-r10, 10.3.38-r6-debian-11, 10.4.28-r6-debian-11, 10.5.19-r5-debian-11, 10.6.12-r5-debian-11, 10.7.8-r5-debian-11, 10.8.7-r5-debian-11, 10.9.5-r5-debian-11 and 10.10.3-r5-debian-11

• The command mysql_upgrade no longer includes the flag --force. Nonetheless, it can be enabled by using the [mysql_upgrade] option group in the MariaDB configuration.

10.4.13-debian-10-r12, 10.3.23-debian-10-r14, 10.2.32-debian-10-r14 and 10.1.45-debian-10-r15

• This image has been adapted so it's easier to customize. See the Customize this image section for more information.

10.4.12-debian-10-r53, 10.3.22-debian-10-r54, 10.2.31-debian-10-r53, and 10.1.44-debian-10-r53

• The MariaDB Galera container has been migrated to a "non-root" user approach. Previously the container ran as the root user, and the MySQL daemon was started as the mysql user. From now on, both the container and the MySQL daemon run as user 1001. You can revert this behavior by changing USER 1001 to USER root in the Dockerfile.
• Consequences:
  • Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed when data is persisted using docker or docker-compose. We highly recommend migrating the data site by creating a backup of the database, and restoring it on a new MariaDB Galera container. In the link below you can find a guide that explain the whole process:
    • Create And Restore MySQL/MariaDB Backups
• Environment variables related to LDAP configuration were renamed removing the MARIADB_ prefix. For instance, to indicate the LDAP URI to use, you must set LDAP_URI instead of MARIADB_LDAP_URI.

10.1.43-centos-7-r78, 10.2.30-centos-7-r40, 10.3.21-centos-7-r41, and 10.4.11-centos-7-r32

• 10.1.43-centos-7-r78, 10.2.30-centos-7-r40, 10.3.21-centos-7-r41, and 10.4.11-centos-7-r32 are considered the latest images based on CentOS.
• Standard supported distros: Debian & OEL.

License

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