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Databases: MariaDB 11.8 and pgexporter 0.7
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Otto Kekäläinen: Zero-configuration TLS and password management best practices in MariaDB 11.8
Locking down database access is probably the single most important thing for a system administrator or software developer to prevent their application from leaking its data. As MariaDB 11.8 is the first long-term supported version with a few new key security features, let’s recap what the most important things are every DBA should know about MariaDB in 2025.
Back in the old days, MySQL administrators had a habit of running the clumsy
mysql-secure-installationscript, but it has long been obsolete. A modern MariaDB database server is already secure by default and locked down out of the box, and no such extra scripts are needed. On the contrary, the database administrator is expected to open up access to MariaDB according to the specific needs of each server. Therefore, it is important that the DBA can understand and correctly configure three things: [...] -
PostgreSQL ☛ pgexporter 0.7
The pgexporter community is happy to announce version 0.7.0.