{"id":15304,"date":"2024-03-15T10:54:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T10:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-deploy-mysql-database-using-docker-compose\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:28:27","slug":"how-to-deploy-mysql-database-using-docker-compose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-deploy-mysql-database-using-docker-compose\/","title":{"rendered":"How to deploy MySQL database using Docker Compose?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To deploy a MySQL database using docker-compose, follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. First, make sure you have Docker and docker-compose installed. If not, please install them first.<\/li>\n
  2. Create a new folder to store your docker-compose.yml file.<\/li>\n
  3. Create a file named docker-compose.yml in the folder and input the following content into the file:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    version: '3.7'\r\nservices:\r\n  mysql:\r\n    image: mysql:latest\r\n    ports:\r\n      - \"3306:3306\"\r\n    environment:\r\n      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: your_password\r\n    volumes:\r\n      - .\/data:\/var\/lib\/mysql\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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    1. Replace the “your_password” above with the MySQL root password you want to set.<\/li>\n
    2. Replace the above .\/data with the path where you want to store the MySQL data locally.<\/li>\n
    3. Save and close the docker-compose.yml file.<\/li>\n
    4. Open the terminal or command line interface, and navigate to the folder containing the docker-compose.yml file.<\/li>\n
    5. Run the following command to start the MySQL database container:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      docker-compose up -d\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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      1. Wait for a period of time until the MySQL container is fully started. You can use the following command to check the status of the container:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        docker-compose ps\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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        1. local computer or local server<\/li>\n
        2. 3306 – Three thousand three hundred and six<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          This way, you can deploy a MySQL database using docker-compose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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