Part -1. Run in Local Server or EC2

Install MySQL on the EC2 Instance

sudo apt update
sudo apt install mysql-server -y

Configure MySQL

• Start the MySQL service

sudo systemctl start mysql
sudo systemctl enable mysql

• Set the MySQL root password:

sudo mysql
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

• Create the database, user and table:

CREATE DATABASE mydb;
USE mydb;

CREATE TABLE users (
    id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    username VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    password VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
);

CREATE USER 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mydb.* TO 'root'@'%';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Allow Remote Connections to MySQL

• Edit the MySQL configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf

• Change it to:

bind-address = 0.0.0.0

• Restart MySQL:

sudo systemctl restart mysql

Run Your Flask App

• Install the required Python packages:

pip install flask mysql-connector-python werkzeug

• Start the Flask application:

python3 app.py

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Part-2. Dockerize

Step 1: Create a Docker Network

• First, create a custom Docker network to allow communication between the MySQL and Flask containers.

docker network create my-network

Step 2: Create and Run the MySQL Container

docker run -d \
  --name mysql_container \
  --network my-network \
  -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password \
  -e MYSQL_DATABASE=mydb \
  -p 3306:3306 \
  mysql:8.0

Verify MySQL Setup

• Check if the MySQL container is running:

docker ps -a

• Enter the MySQL container to check if the database was created:

docker exec -it mysql_container mysql -u root -p

• Use password when prompted and run:

SHOW DATABASES;
USE mydb;

Step 3: Update Flask App's app.py

db = mysql.connector.connect(
    host="mysql_container",  # MySQL container's name
    user="root",
    password="password",
    database="mydb"
)

• Create Table is not present

CREATE DATABASE mydb;

USE mydb;

CREATE TABLE users (
    id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    username VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    password VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
);

CREATE USER 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mydb.* TO 'root'@'%';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Step 4: Create Dockerfile for Flask App

FROM python:3.11-slim

WORKDIR /app

COPY requirements.txt .

RUN pip install -r requirements.txt

COPY . .

EXPOSE 5000

CMD ["python3","app.py"]

Step 5: Build and Run the Flask App Container

• Build the Flask app image:

docker build -t flask-app .

• Run the Flask app container connected to the same Docker network:

docker run -d \
  --name flask_app_container \
  --network my-network \
  -p 5000:5000 \
  flask-app

Step 6: Test the Application

http://<your-ec2-public-ip>:5000

Run Using Docker-Compose File

• Install Docker Compose

apt install docker-compose

• Run the Application

docker-compose up -d

• Down the Container

docker-compose down