The below steps will add Docker’s official repository and GPG key, install Docker and the Compose plugin. This will let me run Docker without the need for sudo.
1. Update apt and install prerequisites
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release2. Add Docker’s official GPG key
$ sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
$ curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg3. Add Docker repo (detects arm64 automatically)
$ echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] \
https://download.docker.com/linux/debian $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null4. Install Docker and Compose plugin
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin5. Let your user run Docker without sudo
$ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
$ newgrp docker6. Create a MySQL 8.4 LTS container
Use docker‑compose so the config lives inside a single, configurable file.
Creating a directory in my home directory MySQL stack
$ mkdir -p ~/mysql-docker
$ cd ~/mysql-dockerCreate a file called docker-compose.yml
$ vim docker-compose.ymlAppend the below configurations. This will create a container called mysql8.
Also change password in text below. Set to “changeme_user“
version: "3.9"
services:
mysql:
image: mysql:8.4
container_name: mysql8
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: <changeme_root>
MYSQL_DATABASE: telemetry
MYSQL_USER: bill
MYSQL_PASSWORD: <changeme_user>
ports:
- "3306:3306"
volumes:
- mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql
- ./config:/etc/mysql/conf.d:ro
volumes:
mysql_data:Notes:
- Change passwords before first run.
volumes: ensures data survives container restarts or image updates../configis where you can drop.cnfoverrides (e.g., timezone, buffer pool).- This file is architecture‑safe — Docker pulls the ARM64 image automatically.
7. Start MySQL via the Docker process
Go to the docker folder
$ cd ~/mysql-dockerStart the Docker compose.
$ docker compose up -dOutput…
$ docker compose up -d
WARN[0000] /home/user/mysql-docker/docker-compose.yml: the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion
[+] Running 11/11
✔ mysql Pulled 37.5s
✔ da99ef17bcd1 Pull complete 6.6s
✔ bc12642f0976 Pull complete 6.6s
✔ 739cdd12ec77 Pull complete 6.7s
✔ d7e901e4e4c1 Pull complete 7.0s
✔ 19592870864a Pull complete 7.0s
✔ 7bc39bf601a8 Pull complete 7.1s
✔ 5ef658516113 Pull complete 13.5s
✔ 3cd4c1e6baf0 Pull complete 13.6s
✔ 5688f8e7baa3 Pull complete 33.6s
✔ 17c46015e74a Pull complete 33.7s
[+] Running 3/3
✔ Network mysql-docker_default Created 0.1s
✔ Volume "mysql-docker_mysql_data" Created 0.0s
✔ Container mysql8 Started 21.9s
$Check Docker is running.
- Looking for
mysql8 with 0.0.0.0:3306->3306/tcp - Looking for ready for connections
$ docker ps
$ docker logs mysql8 --tail 20Output…
$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
0197dc5bad4d mysql:8.4 "docker-entrypoint.s…" 2 minutes ago Up 2 minutes 0.0.0.0:3306->3306/tcp, [::]:3306->3306/tcp, 33060/tcp mysql8
$
$ docker logs mysql8 --tail 20
2025-08-18 07:14:28+00:00 [Note] [Entrypoint]: Creating user bill
2025-08-18 07:14:28+00:00 [Note] [Entrypoint]: Giving user bill access to schema telemetry
2025-08-18 07:14:28+00:00 [Note] [Entrypoint]: Stopping temporary server
2025-08-18T07:14:28.753094Z 13 [System] [MY-013172] [Server] Received SHUTDOWN from user root. Shutting down mysqld (Version: 8.4.6).
2025-08-18T07:14:31.210986Z 0 [System] [MY-010910] [Server] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete (mysqld 8.4.6) MySQL Community Server - GPL.
2025-08-18T07:14:31.211091Z 0 [System] [MY-015016] [Server] MySQL Server - end.
2025-08-18 07:14:31+00:00 [Note] [Entrypoint]: Temporary server stopped
2025-08-18 07:14:31+00:00 [Note] [Entrypoint]: MySQL init process done. Ready for start up.
2025-08-18T07:14:31.778623Z 0 [System] [MY-015015] [Server] MySQL Server - start.
2025-08-18T07:14:31.964787Z 0 [System] [MY-010116] [Server] /usr/sbin/mysqld (mysqld 8.4.6) starting as process 1
2025-08-18T07:14:31.970507Z 1 [System] [MY-013576] [InnoDB] InnoDB initialization has started.
2025-08-18T07:14:33.158802Z 1 [System] [MY-013577] [InnoDB] InnoDB initialization has ended.
2025-08-18T07:14:33.528257Z 0 [Warning] [MY-010068] [Server] CA certificate ca.pem is self signed.
2025-08-18T07:14:33.528291Z 0 [System] [MY-013602] [Server] Channel mysql_main configured to support TLS. Encrypted connections are now supported for this channel.
2025-08-18T07:14:33.532688Z 0 [Warning] [MY-011810] [Server] Insecure configuration for --pid-file: Location '/var/run/mysqld' in the path is accessible to all OS users. Consider choosing a different directory.
2025-08-18T07:14:33.569697Z 0 [System] [MY-011323] [Server] X Plugin ready for connections. Bind-address: '::' port: 33060, socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqlx.sock
2025-08-18T07:14:33.569872Z 0 [System] [MY-010931] [Server] /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections. Version: '8.4.6' socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' port: 3306 MySQL Community Server - GPL.
$Connect to MySQL and Integrate with other apps
Check Docker health
$ docker ps
$ docker logs -f mysql8
$ docker inspect --format='{{.State.Health.Status}}' mysql8Check MySQL health
$ docker exec mysql8 mysqladmin ping -u bill -pCreate an alias in ~/.bashrc called “mysqlcli” to avoid long command strings to access MySQL.
# Alias DOCKER for my MySQL8 DB
alias mysqlcli='docker exec -it mysql8 mysql -u bill -p'Running this command will get you into MySQL8
$ mysqlcli
Enter password:<password>
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 19
Server version: 8.4.6 MySQL Community Server - GPL
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