In this article, we will outline the process of installing PHP 7.x `MariaDB 10.1`, the latest stable release of the MariaDB 10.x series at the time of writing this article, on CentOS 7. - An [up-to-date CentOS 7 Server](https://docs.vultr.com/how-to-update-a-vultr-cloud-server#how-to-update-almalinux-centos-rocky-linux-and-vzlinux). - A [sudo user](https://docs.vultr.com/how-to-use-sudo-on-a-vultr-cloud-server). cat <