Docker - how to alter my Docker Compose file to automate a bash script for the MySQL container? - mysql

Question

I have the following setup Docker Composer setup and want to run a shell script to automate tasks like importing the DB into the MySQL database.
# Adopt version 2 syntax:
version: '2'
volumes:
database_data:
driver: local
services:
###########################
# Setup the Nginx container
###########################
nginx:
image: nginx:latest
ports:
- 8080:80
volumes:
- ./docker/nginx/default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
volumes_from:
- php
###########################
# Setup the PHP container
###########################
php:
build: ./docker/php/
expose:
- 9000
volumes:
- .:/var/www
###########################
# Setup the Database (MySQL) container
###########################
mysql:
image: mysql:latest
expose:
- 3306
volumes:
- database_data:/var/lib/mysql
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: secret
MYSQL_DATABASE: project
MYSQL_USER: project
MYSQL_PASSWORD: project

Answer 1

Best solution is to create a custom Dockerfile ,which extends mysql and add a custom shell script, which does what you want. For example:
start.sh
#!/bin/sh
mysqld
mysql -u project -ppropject project < /path/to/backup.sql
Don't forget to add your backup.sql either to your Dockerfile or docker-compose.yml
Now, Dockerfile:
FROM mysql:latest
COPY start.sh /tmp/start.sh
COPY backup.sql /path/to/backup.sql
CMD ["/tmp/start.sh"]
If you change your backup.sql frequently, it makes no sense to add it to Dockerfile. Instead, put it under volumes in docker-compose.yml:
mysql:
build: .
expose:
- 3306
volumes:
- ./backup.sql:/path/to/backup.sql
- database_data:/var/lib/mysql
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: secret
MYSQL_DATABASE: project
MYSQL_USER: project
MYSQL_PASSWORD: project

Answer 2

You can keep using a the original image: load your setup script into the container as a Config (using the long-form definition so you can set the execute permission), and then override the Entrypoint to run your script (which should probably run the original entrypoint script once it finishes). So something like:
mysql:
image: mysql:latest
expose:
- 3306
volumes:
- database_data:/var/lib/mysql
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: secret
MYSQL_DATABASE: project
MYSQL_USER: project
MYSQL_PASSWORD: project
configs:
- source: ./OverrideScript.sh
target: /OverrideScript.sh
#0777 will work too, but you can't write to it either way
mode: 0555
entrypoint: /OverrideScript.sh
The other answers are right that the "Proper" way would be to make your own image. But TBH if your override script is relatively small and lightweight, the workaround isn't so bad, and it gets you out of having to rebuild your custom image every time MySQL releases a new image.