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What is DBLoom

What is DBLoom

DBLoom is a web admin tool for MySQL 8.4 and MariaDB 10.11 that you host yourself.

It ships as one Docker image. You run it behind a reverse proxy that handles HTTPS, then open it in your browser.

Who it is for

People and teams who run their own MySQL or MariaDB servers and want a browser tool that runs on infrastructure they control.

The two login modes

  • Account mode: people sign in to DBLoom with their own accounts, and administrators manage those accounts.
  • Direct mode: people sign in with the user name and password of the database server, and DBLoom has no accounts of its own.

What DBLoom is not

  • Not edge or serverless. It is a long-running container with one volume.
  • Not a proxy. The image contains no proxy. You bring one, such as Traefik, Caddy, nginx or Apache.
  • Not direct TLS. DBLoom listens on plain HTTP. DBLOOM_TLS=own is refused at startup.

Every deployment needs a TLS proxy in front. See Security model.

Where to go next

  1. Quickstart: run a local instance on your computer.
  2. Setup: a guided page that creates your .env file.
  3. Docker Compose deploy: deploy behind a TLS proxy.
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