Install MariaDB on MacOSX

Using brew to install MariaDB:

brew install mariadb

To manage the service use ‘brew services’ e.g

brew services restart mariadb

Notice that the install ran the following:

/opt/homebrew/Cellar/mariadb/10.8.3/bin/mysql_install_db --verbose --user=jonny ...

So connect to MariaDB as your Mac user e.g.

mariadb -u jonny -p

I used my mac user password. Or just with the mysql command e.g.

mysql