Installing MYSQL in a FreeNAS Jail
I’ve received a couple of emails asking me if I’d also had experience of installing MySQL in a FreeNAS jail. I have installed MariaDB, a drop in replacement for MySQL written by some the same developers who gave us MySQL.
Reading through the documentation that comes with MariaDB, I can’t see any reason why the process here would be any different for MySQL, but if you do follow these instructions substituting MySQL for MariaDB, you will need to make sure you understand your own system before starting.
A comparison of the features of MariaDB and MySQL can be found at mariadb.com
Having said that, the process for placing MariaDB on a FreeNAS system is very straightforward.