title: MariaDB and Elasticsearch
body: <p>I have been using elasticsearch with MySQL without any problems recently. My server was recently migrated over from MySQL to MariaDB and now the JDBC river just seems to freeze up with even the most basic syncs. Does anyone know if they are compatible?</p>
  
  <p>Here is a sample code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>PUT /_river/my_jdbc_river/_meta
  {
      "type" : "jdbc",
      "jdbc" : {
          "url" : "jdbc:mysql://HOST/DATABASE",
          "user": "username",
          "password": "password",
          "sql" : "select * from table"
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It just hangs on the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[2014-05-19 16:11:49,080][INFO ][cluster.metadata         ] [Wade Wilson] [_river] update_mapping [my_jdbc_river] (dynamic)
  [2014-05-19 16:11:49,082][INFO ][org.xbib.elasticsearch.river.jdbc.JDBCRiver] [Wade Wilson] [jdbc][my_jdbc_river] starting JDBC river: URL [jdbc:mysql://HOST/DATABASE], strategy [simple], index/type [jdbc/jdbc]
  [2014-05-19 16:11:49,083][INFO ][org.xbib.elasticsearch.river.jdbc.strategy.simple.SimpleRiverMouth] waiting for cluster state YELLOW
  [2014-05-19 16:11:49,083][INFO ][org.xbib.elasticsearch.river.jdbc.strategy.simple.SimpleRiverMouth] ... cluster state ok
  [2014-05-19 16:11:49,094][INFO ][cluster.metadata         ] [Wade Wilson] [_river] update_mapping [my_jdbc_river] (dynamic)
  [2014-05-19 16:11:49,113][INFO ][cluster.metadata         ] [Wade Wilson] [_river] update_mapping [my_jdbc_river] (dynamic)
  </code></pre>