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Run and Connect to MySQL on Docker

(Updated on 13 Jul 2022)

I wanted to run MySQL v8.0 on Docker aside from MySQL v5.7 running on my localhost, so I’ll give a instruction for it.

docker pull

First of all, let’s run docker pull and get the latest MySQL v8.0 image.

$ docker pull mysql:8.0

8.0 means a tag. if it’s not specified, the latest MySQL docker image will be used.

docker run

Then, run docker run.

$ docker run --name mysql8 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD={your_password} -p 3306:3306 mysql:8.0
  • MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD is required, you can set whatever password you like
  • --name mysql option assigns a name(mysql) to the container
  • -p 3306:3306 option publishes a container’s 3306 port to the host
    • If you want to change port, change it to -p 3307:3306. Then, 3307 port is used

docker run without name and password

You can run docker mysql without name and root password.

$ docker run -e MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes mysql:8.0
2020-01-07 16:06:52+00:00 [Note] [Entrypoint]: Entrypoint script for MySQL Server 8.0.18-1debian9 started.
2020-01-07 16:06:52+00:00 [Note] [Entrypoint]: Switching to dedicated user 'mysql'
2020-01-07 16:06:52+00:00 [Note] [Entrypoint]: Entrypoint script for MySQL Server 8.0.18-1debian9 started.
2020-01-07 16:06:52+00:00 [Note] [Entrypoint]: Initializing database files

⚠ MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD allows password-less root access. You need to be careful.

docker ps

$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                               NAMES
77ecf2eb0b98        mysql:8.0           "docker-entrypoint.s…"   8 seconds ago       Up 6 seconds        0.0.0.0:3306->3306/tcp, 33060/tcp   mysql8

You can see:

  • Running image is mysql:8.0
  • Runnnig container name is mysql8
  • Opening Port is 0.0.0.0:3306->3306/

Connect to MySQL

Finally, let’s connect to MySQL running on the docker.

$ mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -p
Enter password: {your_password}
ERROR 2059 (HY000): Authentication plugin 'caching_sha2_password' cannot be loaded: dlopen(/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.7.22/lib/plugin/caching_sha2_password.so, 2): image not found

But we’ve got an error. This is because MySQL server version and client version are different and those encryption methods are different.

Let’s connect to mysql using mysql client on the docker.

$ docker exec -it mysql8 bash

The following commands are run inside the docker.

root@xxx:/# mysql --version
mysql  Ver 8.0.17 for Linux on x86_64 (MySQL Community Server - GPL)
root@xxx:/# mysql -uroot -p
Enter password: {your_password}
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 8
Server version: 8.0.17 MySQL Community Server - GPL

Copyright (c) 2000, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql>

It works!

Stop MySQL container

Use docker stop command to stop the container.

$ docker stop mysql8
mysql8

Remove created container

Use docker rm command to remove the container.

$ docker rm mysql8
mysql8

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