One of the tasks nearly any sysadmin frequently encounters is the care and feeding of the MySQL database ... Ubuntu Linux as the underlying operating system—but most of these steps and tips ...

First things first: we need to get MySQL installed on your system. The exact installation ... steps you through the most important configuration options, like setting the root password. On Linux ...

The first method was via a TurnKey Linux virtual appliance ... The first thing to do is install the necessary database server (Mattermost can be run with either MySQL or PostgreSQL).

Click to expand... Because MySQL still has better name recognition by far, mostly. Literally the *only* step that changes is "apt install mysql-server" becomes "apt install mariadb-server".