How to execute MySQL command from the host to container running MySQL server?

Question

I have followed the instruction in https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/mysql/ to pull an image and running a container in which it runs a MySQL server.

The container is run

Answer 1

You can connect to your mysql container and run your commands using:

docker exec -it mysql bash -l

(Where mysql is the name you gave the container)

Keep in mind that anything you do will not persist to the next time your run a container from the same image.