Prerequisites

• created and verified account
• signed in to the console

Step 1: Choose the project type

In the console, click + Create Project and select MariaDB Database.

What is included

• managed MariaDB
• versions 11 and 12
• 3 fixed instances
• automatic failover
• InnoDB engine by default
• connection through ready URI and individual parameters

Step 2: Select the plan

Choose the plan and billing model that make sense for the database.

Payment models

Important: Database storage is always persistent. Even with the database stopped, the storage still exists and is billed.

Step 3: Configure basic information

Project name

• minimum: 6 characters
• maximum: 32 characters
• only lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens

Description

Optional field for organization in the console.

Step 4: Configure the database

MariaDB version

Choose the desired version from:

• MariaDB 11
• MariaDB 12

Default user and database

• username: app
• database name: app

Password

The password must be stored safely because it will be used to connect the application or external clients.

Step 5: Replicas and failover

MariaDB on Zenifra uses a fixed 3-instance topology:

• 1 primary instance for write and read
• 2 replicas for read

This quantity cannot be changed later.

Step 6: Storage

• minimum: 1 GB
• maximum: 250 GB

Important rules:

• storage can increase
• storage can never decrease
• in monthly and yearly billing, the change should only happen after the contract ends
• increasing storage can cause a few minutes of downtime

Step 7: Finish creation

1. review the settings
2. click Create Project
3. wait for the database provisioning

After creation

The console will show:

• project ID
• host
• port
• username app
• password
• database name app
• ready-to-copy full URI

Next steps

• How to Change MariaDB Settings
• Database Plans
• Payment Settings