Upgrading from MySQL 5.7 to MariaDB 10.2 - MariaDB Knowledge Base
mariadb.com › kb › enUpgrading from MySQL 5.7 to MariaDB 10.2. MySQL unix socket plugin can be different. MariaDB can get similar usage via INSTALL PLUGIN unix_socket SONAME 'auth_socket.so'; you may have to enable this plugin in config files via load plugin. When using data type JSON , one should convert type to TEXT, virtual generated column works the same after.