Chapter 2: Introduction to Microservices and Containers

Activity 2: Installing a WordPress Blog and Database Using Docker

Solution:

Perform the following steps to complete this activity:

1. Create a folder named data. This folder will keep the stateful state of the database in the next steps:

   mkdir data

2. Start a MySQL container using the official Docker image and the following specifications:

   Use the data folder from Step 1 as the database file. Publish port 3306 to the local system. Set the MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD environment variable as rootPassword. Set the MYSQL_DATABASE environment variable as database. Set the MYSQL_USER environment variable as user. Set the MYSQL_PASSWORD environment variable as password. Use mysql as the name of the container. Use the mysql:5.7 container image:

   docker run \

   -v ${PWD} /data/:/var/lib/mysql \

   -p 3306:3306 \

   -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=rootPassword \

   -e MYSQL_DATABASE=database \

   -e MYSQL_USER=user \

   -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=password \

   --name mysql \

   mysql:5.7

   Wait for the...