MySQL or MariaDB Upgrade - Documentation - cPanel Documentation
MUST run CentOS ... to upgrade from MySQL to MariaDB
CANNOT upgrade to MariaDB on a server that uses CentOS
This reads contradictory to me vis-a-vis CentOS and CloudLinux - have version numbers been left out?"Your cPanel & WHM server must run CentOS, CloudLinux™, or Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 or higher, or Amazon Linux, to upgrade the database server from MySQL to MariaDB. You cannot upgrade to MariaDB on a server that uses CentOS, CloudLinux, or RHEL 5"
MUST run CentOS ... to upgrade from MySQL to MariaDB
CANNOT upgrade to MariaDB on a server that uses CentOS