OS: Ubuntu 14.04 inside Docker Container and installation like this: apt-get install -y software-properties-common apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xcbcb082a1bb943db add-apt-repository 'deb http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/mariadb.org/repo/10.0/ubuntu trusty main' apt-get update && apt-get install -y mariadb-galera-server galera Currently installed versions are: mariadb-client-10.0 10.0.12+maria-1~trusty mariadb-client-core-10.0 10.0.12+maria-1~trusty mariadb-common 10.0.12+maria-1~trusty mariadb-galera-server-10.0 10.0.12+maria-1~trusty libmariadbclient18 10.0.12+maria-1~trusty Additional configuration done: [client] default-character-set = utf8 [mysqld] bind-address=0.0.0.0 character-set-server = utf8 collation-server = utf8_general_ci character_set_server = utf8 collation_server = utf8_general_ci binlog_format=ROW default-storage-engine=innodb innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=2 query_cache_size=0 query_cache_type=0 general_log_file = /var/log/mysql/mysql.log general_log = 1 slow_query_log_file = /var/log/mysql/mariadb-slow.log log_error=/var/log/mysql/mysql_error.log Other options are set when running mysqld_safe: --wsrep_provider=/usr/lib/galera/libgalera_smm.so --wsrep_cluster_name=test_cluster --wsrep_node_name=$(hostname) --wsrep_node_address=$(getip) --wsrep_sst_method=mysqldump --wsrep_sst_auth=root:MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD --wsrep_cluster_address= gcomm://172.17.0.29