Clones. Send in the clones. That’s what we do when we replicate databases. At least to some extent. In this article, you’ll learn how to perform the most basic form of replication with MariaDB.
You can adapt the instructions in this article to use virtual machines or bare metal, but Docker is probably one of the easiest ways to try out MariaDB replication without having to install a full operating system before getting to the meat of the matter. So, the only requirement here is to have Docker installed and running on your system (check with docker --version in a terminal).