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So, now that we have access to the MariaDB shell, what can we do with it? The 
commands we'll execute on this shell allow us to do things such as create and delete 
databases and users, add tables, and so on. The 
mariadb
 command comes from the 
mariadb-client-10.3
 package, which was installed as a dependency when we installed 
mariadb-server
. Entering the 
mariadb
 command by itself with no options connects us 
to the database server on our local machine. This utility also lets us connect to external 
database servers to manage them remotely, which we'll discuss later.
The MariaDB shell prompt will look like this:
MariaDB [(none)]> 
We'll get into MariaDB commands and user management later. For now, you can 
exit the shell. To exit, you can type 
exit
 and press 
Enter
 or press 
Ctrl
 + 
d
 on your 
keyboard.
Now, our MariaDB server is ready to go. While you can now move on to the next 
section, you might want to consider setting up another MariaDB server by following 
these steps on another machine. If you have room for another virtual machine, it 
might be a good idea for you to get this out of the way now, since we'll be setting up 
a secondary database server later.