MariaDB 10.6 End-of-Life

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DennisNL

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Hi,

For various reasons — primarily because I run a small hobby project with my own web hosting — I am still on a legacy license.

With MariaDB reaching End-of-Life on June 7, 2026, I'm wondering what my real options are going forward. Will DirectAdmin continue to support legacy license holders, or will we be left without a supported path?

I'd appreciate any clarity on this.

Thanks in advance.
 
DennisNL said:
Will DirectAdmin continue to support legacy license holders
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No , legacy license holder cant update higher than 10.6, you can still continue to use it however
I am sure that many software vendors will work on 10.6 for at least few years so that is not an issue, its more about the security updates self

As legacy lifetime license holder you can convert it to an full license for 15 dollars a month instead if 29 dollar
 
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Thank you for your reply.

However, I would like clarification directly from the official company rather than from the community. As this matter is important to me, I would appreciate an official statement or confirmation from DirectAdmin.
 
@DennisNL, newer MariaDB/MySQL versions will not be supported with the legacy licenses. Same goes for the Linux distributions. Legacy licenses can still work with RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/Alma 9 and Debian 12.
 
Thank you for your reply. That's very disappointing and quite mean-spirited. AlmaLinux 9 is supported until May 31, 2032, so effectively killing it off in this way is hard to justify.

On the one hand, I do understand the reasoning behind the decision and why you may want to move in a different direction. However, from my perspective, it leaves me with my back against the wall.
 
DennisNL said:
However, I would like clarification directly from the official company rather than from the community.
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I can understand that, but it can be found on the forums too. Here is the official statement about the discount.
DirectAdmin Sales

Post in thread 'July 2026 – Effectively the end of the DirectAdmin Legacy License'

Any legacy license can be converted to the special deal (discount on the modern pricing).

Even if you're holding that weird quarterly license we used to offer. If it's still active (you are paying for it to this very day), you can convert that too.
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