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Docker Volumes

You are working on a project and need to deploy a MySQL container to the development environment. Because you will be working with mock customer data that needs to be persistent, the container will need a volume. Create a volume called mysql_data. Then deploy a MySQL container that will use this volume to store database files.

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Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Published
Clock icon Apr 03, 2019

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  1. Challenge

    Create a Volume Called `mysql_data`

    Use the docker volume command to create a volume called mysql_data.

    [cloud_user@host]$ docker volume create mysql_data

  2. Challenge

    Create a MySQL Container

    Use the docker container command to create a MySQL container:

    [cloud_user@host]$ docker container run -d --name app-database 
 --mount type=volume,source=mysql_data,target=/var/lib/mysql 
 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=P4ssW0rd0! 
 mysql:latest
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