How to access a mysql database that is into a Docker continer? - mysql

Question

I'm working in a windows environment and I have my MySQL database into a Docker container, but how I should access from an external application?
Right now I'm just want to use a regular Java Class to test the connection but what address should I use? I've tried with the boot2docker ip, but that doesn't work. I've also tried with the ip that I got with the docker inspect command but I haven't got any result.
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My dev enviroment:
Windows 7 Pro
Docker 1.7.0
Boot2Docker-cli version 1.7.0
MySQL container 5.6.26

Answer 1

What worked for my is mapping the port when I created the container.
docker run --name YOUR_CONTAINER -p 3306:3306 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=YOUR_PASS -d mysql:5.6.26