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+---
+title: "KubeDB"
+link: "https://kubedb.com/"
+description: "AppsCode's Kubernetes operator for provisioning and operating production databases — including MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona Server for MySQL — as Kubernetes Custom Resources, with automated backups, failover, monitoring, and in-place upgrades."
+subcategories:
+  - DevOps & Deployment
+compatibility:
+  - MySQL
+  - MariaDB
+  - Percona Server
+deployment:
+  - Kubernetes
+pricing:
+  - Open Source & Open Core
+images:
+  - logo.png
+---
+
+KubeDB turns MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona Server for MySQL into Kubernetes-native resources: a database is declared as a custom resource, and the operator handles provisioning, configuration, failure detection and repair, and in-place version upgrades. It installs as a set of Helm charts (the API types live in `kubedb/apimachinery`, the installer and `kubectl` plugin in separate repositories) maintained by AppsCode, and it's actively developed — commits across its component repos land on most days.
+
+The core operator code is Apache 2.0 licensed, but running KubeDB requires a license key supplied at install time (a free community license is available, alongside paid commercial tiers), putting it in the open-core model rather than being fully unrestricted open source. It's part of a broader AppsCode product line that also includes KubeStash for Kubernetes-native backups.
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+---
+title: "SchemaHero"
+link: "https://schemahero.io/"
+github: "schemahero/schemahero"
+description: "A Kubernetes Operator for declarative database schema management — define MySQL table schemas as Kubernetes custom resources and let the operator compute and apply the ALTER TABLE statements needed to reconcile the live schema."
+subcategories:
+  - Schema Management & Migration
+  - DevOps & Deployment
+compatibility:
+  - MySQL
+deployment:
+  - Kubernetes
+pricing:
+  - Open Source
+images:
+  - logo.png
+---
+
+SchemaHero lets you express a table's schema as a Kubernetes `Table` custom resource instead of hand-written migration scripts. The in-cluster operator watches those resources, compares the desired schema against the live database, and generates the `ALTER TABLE` (or `CREATE TABLE`) statements needed to close the gap — targeting a MySQL instance running inside the cluster or an external one such as a managed RDS database.
+
+Since the 0.9 release, schema changes go through a separate plan-then-apply workflow, so generated SQL can be reviewed before it runs rather than applying automatically. It installs via a `kubectl` plugin distributed through krew, or as an in-cluster operator for the full declarative workflow. The project is Apache 2.0 licensed and was originally built by Replicated.
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+---
+title: "MariaDB Certified Database Administrator Associate"
+link: "https://mariadb.com/resources/datasheets/certification-mariadb"
+author: "MariaDB plc"
+description: "MariaDB's own proctored DBA certification exam, covering configuration, security, user and role management, performance tuning, schema operations, backup and restore, and troubleshooting."
+subcategories:
+  - Certifications
+training-formats:
+  - Certification
+levels:
+  - Intermediate
+pricing:
+  - Paid
+languages:
+  - English
+---
+
+The MariaDB Certified Database Administrator Associate exam is proctored and administered directly by MariaDB, letting DBAs demonstrate hands-on MariaDB expertise to employers and colleagues through an interactive, real-world-style test rather than multiple choice alone. It's offered both in person and remotely.
+
+MariaDB recommends preparing with its three-day Standard DBA training course (online or on-site) or having at least a year of hands-on MariaDB experience before attempting it; a dedicated DBA Associate Certification Exam Prep course is also available to review the subject areas and exam format directly.
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+---
+title: "TiDB Certification Program"
+link: "https://www.pingcap.com/education/certification/"
+author: "PingCAP"
+description: "PingCAP's official, tiered certification path for TiDB — a free entry-level practitioner exam, followed by paid Associate and Professional DBA exams, each online-proctored."
+subcategories:
+  - Certifications
+training-formats:
+  - Certification
+levels:
+  - Beginner
+  - Intermediate
+  - Advanced
+pricing:
+  - Free
+  - Paid
+languages:
+  - English
+---
+
+PingCAP's certification path starts with the TiDB Practitioner Certification, a free, online-proctored, 50-minute exam that can be retaken until you pass, covering TiDB's basic concepts, terminology, and use cases. Above that sit paid exams: the Certified TiDB Associate (Database Administrator), an 80-minute exam aimed at the skills needed to deploy, manage, and operate TiDB and TiDB Cloud workloads, and the Certified TiDB Professional Database Administrator, which requires passing the Associate exam first.
+
+PingCAP recommends its TiDB Essentials training as preparation for the Associate exam, with a training and certification portal at `eng.edu.pingcap.com`. A separate Certified SQL Developer exam is also offered for application developers rather than DBAs.