broadtech/alpine-mariadb repository overview

This directory contains all the information needed to build this image. The Git repository for this image build files is

https://github.com/sgeorge/dockerfiles/tree/master/alpine/mariadb⁠

You can build this image using the command

$ sudo docker build -t /

You can customize the Dockerfile.

Refer https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/⁠

You can also customize the configuration files

If you donot want to build your own customized image you could use the images in Docker Hub which were built using these files

Repository: https://hub.docker.com/u/broadtech/⁠

Usage HowTo: https://github.com/sgeorge/dockerfiles/wiki⁠

To deploy mariadb on alpine just run this single command

 $ sudo run -e "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=<your-password>" broadtech/alpine-mariadb

To run mariadb in the background use the "-d" option

 $ sudo run -d "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=<your-password>" broadtech/alpine-mariadb     

To connect to mariadb server use

 $ mysql -u root -h <containerIPAddress> -p

Use the password you provided on the commandline to establish connection to the server

To find the

$ sudo docker inspect <containerID> | grep IPAddress

To find the containerID

$ sudo docker ps

To run a shell in the container to make modifications before the container starts

$ sudo docker run -it --entrypoint="/bin/sh" broadtech/alpine-mariadb

Why Alpine Linux?

Ans: Small, Simple, Secure.

 https://github.com/sgeorge/dockerfiles/wiki/Images-and-customization-information

 https://alpinelinux.org/about/

Docker Hub Image Repository:

 https://hub.docker.com/r/broadtech/alpine-mariadb

WiKi:

 https://github.com/sgeorge/dockerfiles/wiki/MariaDB-MySQL-Server