Hetzner Becomes Gold Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation: Powering Our Build Infrastructure
We are delighted to welcome Hetzner as a Gold Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation!
Hetzner’s exceptional commitment to supporting our infrastructure has a direct and strategic impact on our operations. In particular, their sponsorship enables us to maintain and expand our Buildbot system — the backbone of testing and verifying MariaDB Server across platforms, architectures, and configurations. You can explore it live here: https://mariadb.org/mariadb-buildbot.
Building MariaDB, Bit by Bit
Buildbot is essential to the MariaDB Foundation’s mission. It ensures that every code change is thoroughly tested, helping us deliver a stable, reliable, and performant Open Source database to our users worldwide. With Hetzner’s support, we can:
- Increase the speed and reliability of our CI infrastructure
- Add new platforms and test configurations
- Maintain high availability and responsiveness in development workflows
In short, Hetzner is not just helping us host servers — they’re helping us
build MariaDB itself.
Why This Matters: A Word from the Chief Architect
Buildbot is one of the most critical components in MariaDB development process. Every single code change goes through it. Without a fast, reliable, and well-maintained testing infrastructure, development would grind to a halt. Hetzner’s support ensures that all MariaDB changes are tested on a wide variety of platforms and issues are detected before they ever reach the users.
European Partnership, European Values
As a long-standing European infrastructure provider, Hetzner’s support is also a testament to the strength of the European open-source ecosystem. We’re proud to collaborate with a partner that shares our values around transparency, independence, and open collaboration.
To Hetzner: thank you for fueling our infrastructure and our mission. Your support truly makes a difference!
