Installing and configuring MariaDB database

1. Install MariaDB database. See Prerequisites for complete installation instructions.

2. Verify that MariaDB is installed correctly.

    systemctl status mariadb
   

   You should see a message that the database is active and running. Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-06-01 22:31:25 GMT; 24s ago

3. Set MariaDB to start up automatically at system boot time.

    systemctl enable mariadb
   

4. Lastly, create the database. Sign in to the MariaDB database engine.

    mysql -u root -p
   

   Create the database and add an administrator user. You’ll use this administrator user to connect to the database from the ownCloud application.

    MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE ownCloud_db;
    MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL ON ownCloud_db.* TO 'owncloud_admin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YourStrongP@ssword';
    MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
    MariaDB [(none)]> EXIT;
   

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