From 303062623b3ab133eafab1d4037d6d38e071e980 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Oberhauser <jan.oberhauser@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:54:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] :sparkles: Add MariaDB support

---
 docs/database.md               | 6 +++---
 packages/cli/config/index.ts   | 2 +-
 packages/cli/src/Db.ts         | 3 ++-
 packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/database.md b/docs/database.md
index 8fa4325394..8daf5970ce 100644
--- a/docs/database.md
+++ b/docs/database.md
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ export DB_POSTGRESDB_SCHEMA=n8n
 n8n start
 ```
 
-## MySQL
+## MySQL / MariaDB
 
-The compatibility with MySQL was tested, even so, it is advisable to observe the operation of the application with this DB, as it is a new option, recently added. If you spot any problems, feel free to submit a PR.
+The compatibility with MySQL/MariaDB was tested, even so, it is advisable to observe the operation of the application with this DB, as it is a new option, recently added. If you spot any problems, feel free to submit a PR.
 
 To use MySQL as database you can provide the following environment variables:
- - `DB_TYPE=mysqldb`
+ - `DB_TYPE=mysqldb` or `DB_TYPE=mariadb`
  - `DB_MYSQLDB_DATABASE` (default: 'n8n')
  - `DB_MYSQLDB_HOST` (default: 'localhost')
  - `DB_MYSQLDB_PORT` (default: 3306)
diff --git a/packages/cli/config/index.ts b/packages/cli/config/index.ts
index a3b800279e..69b3154064 100644
--- a/packages/cli/config/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/config/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const config = convict({
 	database: {
 		type: {
 			doc: 'Type of database to use',
-			format: ['sqlite', 'mongodb', 'mysqldb', 'postgresdb'],
+			format: ['sqlite', 'mariadb', 'mongodb', 'mysqldb', 'postgresdb'],
 			default: 'sqlite',
 			env: 'DB_TYPE'
 		},
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/Db.ts b/packages/cli/src/Db.ts
index a97cbaa837..ed24baabd2 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/Db.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/Db.ts
@@ -63,11 +63,12 @@ export async function init(synchronize?: boolean): Promise<IDatabaseCollections>
 			};
 			break;
 
+		case 'mariadb':
 		case 'mysqldb':
 			dbNotExistError = 'does not exist';
 			entities = MySQLDb;
 			connectionOptions = {
-				type: 'mysql',
+				type: dbType === 'mysqldb' ? 'mysql' : 'mariadb',
 				database: await GenericHelpers.getConfigValue('database.mysqldb.database') as string,
 				entityPrefix: await GenericHelpers.getConfigValue('database.tablePrefix') as string,
 				host: await GenericHelpers.getConfigValue('database.mysqldb.host') as string,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts b/packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts
index 33d7b02e7f..225e02885f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export interface ICredentialsDecryptedResponse extends ICredentialsDecryptedDb {
 	id: string;
 }
 
-export type DatabaseType = 'mongodb' | 'postgresdb' | 'mysqldb' | 'sqlite';
+export type DatabaseType = 'mariadb' | 'mongodb' | 'postgresdb' | 'mysqldb' | 'sqlite';
 export type SaveExecutionDataType = 'all' | 'none';
 
 export interface IExecutionBase {