Connect to mysql in a docker container from the host

Question

(It\'s probably a dumb question due to my limited knowledge with Docker or mysql administration, but since I spent a whole evening on this issue, I dare to ask it.)

Answer 1

In your terminal run: docker exec -it container_name /bin/bash Then: mysql

Answer 2

For conversion，you can create ~/.my.cnf file in host:

[Mysql]
user=root
password=yourpass
host=127.0.0.1
port=3306

Then next time just run mysql for mysql client to open connection.

Answer 3

change "localhost" to your real con ip addr
because it's to mysql_connect()

Answer 4

The simple method is to share the mysql unix socket to host machine. Then connect through the socket

Steps:

• Create shared folder for host machine eg: mkdir /host
• Run docker container with volume mount option docker run -it -v /host:/shared <mysql image>.
• Then change mysql configuration file /etc/my.cnf and change socket entry in the file to socket=/shared/mysql.sock
• Restart MySQL service service mysql restart in docker
• Finally Connect to MySQL servver from host through the socket mysql -u root --socket=/host/mysql.sock. If password use -p option

Answer 5

• docker run -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=pass --name sql-db -p 3306:3306 mysql

• docker exec -it sql-db bash

• mysql -u root -p

Answer 6

I was able to connect my sql server5.7 running on my host using the below command : mysql -h 10.10.1.7 -P 3307 --protocol=tcp -u root -p where the ip given is my host ip and 3307 is the port forwaded in mysql docker .After entering the command type the password for myql.that is it.Now you are connected the mysql docker container from the you hostmachine