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+---
+mariadb_login_unix_socket: "/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock"
+mariadb_redhat_repo: "https://yum.mariadb.org/{{ mariadb_version }}/rhel9-amd64"
+mariadb_pre_req_packages:
+  - "epel-release"
+  - "procps-ng"
+mariadb_packages:
+  - "python3-mysqlclient"
+  - "MariaDB-server"
+  - "galera-4"
+mariabackup_packages:
+  - "MariaDB-backup"
+mariadb_certificates_dir: "/etc/my.cnf.d/certificates"
+mariadb_systemd_service_name: "mariadb"
+mariadb_confs:
+  - "etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf"
+mariadb_temp_confs:
+  - "etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf"
+galera_wsrep_provider: "/usr/lib64/galera-4/libgalera_smm.so"