kukki/docker-mysql repository overview

⁠MySQL server on Alpine Linux

The MySQL service image is created on a lightweight Linux distribution, Alpine Linux⁠. It's a only 5MB from scratch. Total size is 160MB.

⁠Usage

docker create --name mysql \
  -v /path_to/mysql/db:/var/lib/mysql
  -v /path_to/mysql/conf:/etc/mysql/conf.d \
  -v /path_to/mysql/my.cnf:/etc/mysql/my.cnf \
  -p 3306:3306
  kukki/docker-mysql
docker start mysql

• /var/lib/mysql is the database repository
• /etc/mysql/conf.d is the configuration folder
• /etc/mysql/my.cnf is the MySQL configuration file

After it starts, a admin account is created. The password can be retrieved by running

docker logs mysql

You can specify the default admin password with -e MYSQL_PASS=password parameter in docker create command line.

⁠Issue tracking

If you find any issues, you are welcome to report here⁠

⁠License

• GNU General Public License v3⁠