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# Databases

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#### Docker

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#### **MySQL Container**

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1. Run the following script to create a MySQL folder and copy the required files.

```bash
cd
cd ~/Workshop--Installation/MySQL
# Make it executable
chmod +x copy_mysql.sh
./copy_mysql.sh
```

2. Check the Directory has been created and the files copied over.
3. Execute the docker-compose script to create the container.

```bash
cd
cd ~/MySQL
# Make it executable
chmod +x run_mysql_compose.sh
./run_mysql_compose.sh
```

<figure><img src="/files/U9jdl5M0fzncYYwOd43D" alt="" width="500"><figcaption><p>Deploy MySQL Docker container</p></figcaption></figure>

4. Check the container is up and running in Docker.

```
docker ps
```

<figure><img src="/files/1aHF1xzgyctmxIzj8xBn" alt=""><figcaption><p>Docker MySQL containers</p></figcaption></figure>
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