While your existing systems may use MySQL 5.7, you cannot select this version for a new installation. You also cannot modify your MySQL version to use 5.7. For more information, read our  cPanel Deprecation Plan .
The following table shows the MySQL database versions available for your operating system:
Operating system
OS version number
Available relational database version number
AlmaLinux OS
8
8.0
AlmaLinux
9
8.0
CloudLinux™
8
8.0
CloudLinux
9
8.0
Rocky Linux™
8
8.0
Rocky Linux
9
8.0
Ubuntu®
20
8.0
Ubuntu
22
8.0
MariaDB supported versions
Warning:
While your existing systems may use the following MariaDB versions, you cannot select any of these versions for a new installation: