Install MySQL Docker (Windows)

I assume Docker already installed and running.

Pull mysql container

You can specify version (5.7). If version is not given it will download latest version.

C:\>docker pull mysql/mysql-server:5.7
5.7: Pulling from mysql/mysql-server
e64f6e679e1a: Already exists
478c78606b7e: Pull complete
81ab104e859d: Pull complete
d3565df0a804: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:79d65bf4360056b0709b4a1c4996f7ef8265ae6ca67462a8570ac1fa0855758b
Status: Downloaded newer image for mysql/mysql-server:5.7

Check docker image

C:\>docker images
REPOSITORY                 TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
mysql/mysql-server         5.7                 76ac6291d3cf        2 weeks ago         234MB

Run mysql instance

docker run --name mysql1 -e MYSQL_USER=root -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=root -e MYSQL_DATABASE=homedb -p 3306:3306 -d mysql/mysql-server:5.7 

Check docker processes

C:\>docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                    COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS                             PORTS                 NAMES
44f6c176bb23        mysql/mysql-server:5.7   "/entrypoint.sh mysq…"   14 seconds ago      Up 13 seconds (health: starting)   3306/tcp, 33060/tcp   mysql1

Connect MySQL on docker

docker exec -it mysql1 mysql -uroot -p

If you did not provide a password in docker run command then system will generate a password. To change password and give some permissions:

C:\>docker logs mysql1 2>&1 | FindStr GENERATED
[Entrypoint] GENERATED ROOT PASSWORD: yBiG5ynmyvVurAw93HDok3buGhi

docker exec -it mysql1 mysql -uroot -p

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'root';

CREATE USER 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'root';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;

SHOW GRANTS FOR 'root'@'%';

Connect MySQL on client

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 8.0 CE>mysql -h localhost -P 3306 -u root -p

mysql> select @@hostname;
+--------------+
| @@hostname   |
+--------------+
| 44f6c176bb23 |
+--------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)