In my Dockerfile
FROM mysql:5.7
ADD ./mysql_scripts /mysql_scripts
WORKDIR /mysql_scripts
RUN mysql -u root -p < create_user.sql &&\
mysql -u root -p < create_database.sql &&\
mysql -u root -p < create_tables.sql
EXPOSE 3306
but when I build that image I have problem like:Enter password: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'
You cannot run those mysql commands, because the container is not running yet, so neither is MySQL.
What you can do is copy your .sql files to /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d. MySQL will run all .sql, .sql.gz and .sh located in this directory after initialization, which would result in the following Dockerfile:
FROM mysql:5.7
COPY ./mysql_scripts /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
EXPOSE 3306
More information can be found on the dockerhub page of mysql
You can not import database at build time, as every RUN command run in separate shell plus MySQL process also not ready to accept the connection.
You can take benefits from docker entrypoint that does these out of the box.
COPY create_user.sql /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
COPY create_database.sql /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
COPY create_tables.sql /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
So when the container started it will run the above script in alphabetical order
When a container is started for the first time, a new database with the specified name will be created and initialized with the provided configuration variables. Furthermore, it will execute files with extensions
.sh, .sql and .sql.gzthat are found in/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d. Files will be executed in alphabetical order. You can easily populate your mysql services by mounting a SQL dump into that directory and provide custom images with contributed data. SQL files will be imported by default to the database specified by theMYSQL_DATABASEvariable.
Also you use MYSQL_USER to create user.
