How can I create a mysql db with Docker compose?

Question

I\'m trying to host on docker an application which uses MySQL db. I\'m using docker compose. my yml file looks like this:

version: \'2\'
volumes:
  data_sql:             


        

Answer 1

Simply just put your .sql file (dbcreation.sql) in a folder (ie. /mysql_init) and add the folder as a volume like this:

volumes:
  - /mysql_init:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d

The MySQL image will execute all .sql, .sh and .sql.gz files in /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d on startup.