# Setting up MariaDB Egg for WordPress

This guide will help you configure a MariaDB database for your WordPress installation.

# About the Technologies

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP. It's one of the most popular website creation tools, powering over 40% of all websites on the internet.

MariaDB is a community-developed, commercially supported fork of the MySQL relational database management system. It's designed to be highly compatible with MySQL while offering additional features and improved performance.

# Database Setup Commands

Run the following SQL commands in your MariaDB console to set up the database for WordPress:

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;

CREATE USER "your_username"@"your_allowed_ipaddr" IDENTIFIED BY "your_password";

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO "your_username"@"your_allowed_ipaddr";

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

# Configuration Notes

# Port Configuration

Make sure to change your port in .my.cnf to your server port, including the double ticks when executing the command.

# IP Address Configuration

Please note that your_allowed_ipaddr is the IP of the node that your WordPress is hosted on. If it's on the same node, use Docker local IP 172.17.0.1.

# Example Configuration

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;

CREATE USER "wpuser"@"172.17.0.1" IDENTIFIED BY "SecurePassword123";

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO "wpuser"@"172.17.0.1";

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

# References

Last Updated:

December 24, 2025.