docker-mysql

Docker mysql with data only container approach

Step one (Build the data container):

docker build -t slok/mysql-data ./mysql-data

Step two (Build the mysql container):

docker build -t slok/mysql ./mysql

Step three (Run the data container):

docker run slok/mysql-data

Step four (Run the mysql container with data volumes):

docker run --volumes-from mysql-data slok/mysql

Backups

enter or run a command in the data container as a normal container:

docker run -it --volumes-from mysql-data busybox /bin/sh