Run MariaDB Without Installation: A Guide to MariaDB Portable

2024-07-27

Download the MariaDB portable package (archive like zip or tarball) from the MariaDB website.
Extract the downloaded archive onto your desired location (like a USB drive).
Inside the extracted folder, you'll find the MariaDB server executable (usually mysqld.exe) and other necessary files.

To run the MariaDB server in portable mode, use the --no-defaults option with the server executable. This option tells MariaDB to ignore default configuration files and use relative paths within the directory itself. This way, all the data and configuration files are stored within the same folder, making it portable.

# Assuming you extracted MariaDB Portable to a folder named "mariadb_portable" on your USB drive (adjust the path as needed)
<path_to_usb_drive>\mariadb_portable\mysqld.exe --no-defaults

This command navigates to the directory containing the MariaDB server executable (mysqld.exe) and runs it with the --no-defaults option to enable portable mode.

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