ansible-role-mariadb/README.md

MariaDB
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This role installs MariaDB, including:
  - Monitoring with Monit and Munin
  - Backups with automysqlbackup

## Configuration

Create a dictionary called `mysqld` and define your settings:
```YAML
mysqld:
  bind_address: 0.0.0.0
  slow_query_log: 1
  ...
```

There are additional variables to configure automysqlbackup:

| Varibles | Defaults | Notes |
|--|--|--|
| `automysqlbackup_backupdir` | `/var/lib/automysqlbackup` | Directory to save backups |
| `automysqlbackup_dbhost` | `localhost` | Database host |
| `automysqlbackup_mailaddr` | `root` | Mail address to send reports to |
| `automysqlbackup_postbackup` | `/usr/local/bin/automysqlbackup_post_script` | Complete path to a post backup script |