The Ultimate Guide to High Availability with MariaDB
This is a read-only copy of the MariaDB Knowledgebase generated on 2024-12-24. For the latest, interactive version please visit https://mariadb.com/kb/.

MariaDB Galera 5.5.28a Release Notes

The most recent MariaDB Galera Cluster 5.5 release is:
MariaDB Galera Cluster 5.5.63 Download Now

Download | Release Notes | Changelog | Overview of Galera

Release date: 21 Dec 2012

MariaDB Galera 5.5.28a is a Release Candidate (RC) release. It is a merge of MariaDB 5.5.28a and Galera Cluster with some additional bug fixes.

Various articles about MariaDB Galera Cluster, including known limitations and how to get started are available in the Galera section of the Knowledgebase.

For a list of changes made in MariaDB Galera 5.5.28a, with links to detailed information on each push, see the MariaDB Galera 5.5.28a Changelog.

In most respects MariaDB will work exactly as MySQL: all commands, interfaces, libraries and APIs that exist in MySQL also exist in MariaDB.

Includes MariaDB 5.5.28a and Galera Cluster

MariaDB Galera 5.5.28a includes MariaDB 5.5.28a and Galera Cluster. See the MariaDB 5.5.28a Release Notes and Changelog for more information on the changes in MariaDB 5.5.28a.

Packaging Fixes

Numerous packaging fixes have been incorporated into this release of MariaDB Galera Cluster. In addition to the previously available RedHat, CentOS, and Fedora packages, Ubuntu and Debian packages are now available.

Combined Repositories

The repositories for MariaDB and MariaDB Galera Cluster are now combined. The old MariaDB Galera Cluster Repository is being updated for this release but will go away in the near future, so if you are using that repository, please visit the MariaDB Repository Configuration Tool and update your repository configuration file. If you feel comfortable editing your existing repo config file the change is pretty easy, just replace '5.5-galera' with '5.5'.

When using the repositories to install MariaDB Galera Cluster, the only difference between it and installing MariaDB is to specify the MariaDB Galera Server package instead of the MariaDB Server package and to install the Galera package. For example, on Ubuntu, after updating the mariadb.list file the following command will install MariaDB Galera Server:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mariadb-galera-server

If MariaDB is already installed on the server the package manager will uninstall the appropriate packages prior to installing the MariaDB Galera Cluster packages.

See the MariaDB 5.5.28a Changelog for full details of the many packaging and other fixes.

Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB Galera Cluster!

Be notified of new MariaDB Server releases automatically by subscribing to the MariaDB Foundation community announce 'at' lists.mariadb.org announcement list (this is a low traffic, announce-only list). MariaDB plc customers will be notified for all new releases, security issues and critical bug fixes for all MariaDB plc products thanks to the Notification Services.

MariaDB may already be included in your favorite OS distribution. More information can be found on the Distributions which Include MariaDB page.

Content reproduced on this site is the property of its respective owners, and this content is not reviewed in advance by MariaDB. The views, information and opinions expressed by this content do not necessarily represent those of MariaDB or any other party.