Mariadb

Install mariadb;

$ prt-get depinst mariadb

Check mariadb user and data directory;

$ getent passwd mysql | cut -f 6 -d :
/srv/mariadb

If the data directory is not desired one;

# usermod -m -d /srv/mariadb mysql

Install data directory;

# mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/srv/mariadb

Start database;

# bash /etc/rc.d/mariadb start

Run mysql secure installation command and edit configuration;

$ sudo mysql_secure_installation
$ sudo vim /etc/my.cnf

Comment line like this; #skip-networking, restart database server;

[client]
port            = 3306
socket          = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

[mysqld]
port            = 3306
socket          = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
datadir         = /srv/mariadb
skip-external-locking
key_buffer_size = 16M
max_allowed_packet = 1M
table_open_cache = 64
sort_buffer_size = 512K
net_buffer_length = 8K
read_buffer_size = 256K
read_rnd_buffer_size = 512K
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 8M
#syslog
#skip-networking
bind-address = 127.0.0.1

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M

[mysql]

[myisamchk]
key_buffer_size = 20M
sort_buffer_size = 20M
read_buffer = 2M
write_buffer = 2M

[mysqlhotcopy]
interactive-timeout

$ sudo bash /etc/rc.d/mariadb restart

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Dump database

For more information about mysqldump check information making backups with mysqldump

The quick way to dump / export;

mysqldump -u username -p database_name > data-dump.sql

To import;

mysql -u username -p new_database < data-dump.sql

The long way to export based on official documentation;

mysqldump --user=username --password --lock-tables --databases db1 > data-dump.sql