Installing MySQL in Docker fails with error message “Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket”

Question

I\'m trying to install mysql inside a docker container,Tried various images from github, it seems they all manage to successfully install the mysql but when I try to run the

Answer 1

If you don't have MySQL installed on your host, you have to execute it in the container (https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/exec/#/examples gives explanation about docker run vs docker exec).

Considering your container is running, you might use docker exec yourcontainername mysql -u root -p to access to the client.

Also, if you are using Docker Compose, and you've declared a mysql db service named database, you can use : docker-compose exec database mysql -u root -p