title	description	ms.topic	ms.date	ms.custom
Use JavaScript on Azure MariaDB	To create or move your MariaDB database to Azure, you need a MariaDB resource.	include	08/08/2022	devx-track-js, devx-track-azurecli

Create an Azure Database for MariaDB resource

You can create a resource with:

• Azure CLI
• Azure portal
• @azure/arm-mariadb

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View and use your MariaDB on Azure

While developing your MariaDB database with JavaScript, use one of the following tools:

• Azure Cloud Shell's mysql CLI
• MySQL Workbench
• Visual Studio Code extension

Use SDK packages to develop your MariaDB on Azure

The Azure MariaDB uses npm packages already available, such as:

• mariadb

Use MariaDB SDK to connect to MariaDB on Azure

Note

This article contains references to the term slave, a term that Microsoft no longer uses. When the term is removed from the software, we’ll remove it from this article.

To connect and use your MariaDB on Azure with JavaScript, use the following procedure.

1. Make sure Node.js and npm are installed.

2. Create a Node.js project in a new folder:

   mkdir mariaDbDemo && \
       cd mariaDbDemo && \
       npm init -y && \
       npm install mariadb && \
       touch index.js && \
       code .

   The command:

   • creates a project folder named mariaDbDemo
   • changes the Bash terminal into that folder
   • initializes the project, which creates the package.json file
   • installs the mariadb npm package
   • creates the index.js script file
   • opens the project in Visual Studio Code

3. Copy the following JavaScript code into index.js:

   :::code language="JavaScript" source="~/../js-e2e/database/mariadb/index.js" :::

4. Replace the host, user, and password with your values in the script for your connection configuration object, config.

5. Run the script.

MariaDB resources

• How to deploy a JavaScript web app
• Azure Database for MariaDB
• Migration guide to move to Azure Database for MariaDB