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

First bash into your mysql container

docker exec -it mysql-container-name bash

Then within the container connect to mysql to run your commands

mysql -u root -p

Then you are able to run mysql queries.