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MySQL upgrade done right

March 8, 2025March 19, 2019 by Vik

Ok, so out of a random urge to get a new version of mysql for my docker image which was showing last updated 12 months ago, I changed the Dockerfile build to use the latest version of mysql. This means that I would go from 5.7 to 8.x. Well, of course I thought it would be as easy as using mysql:latest, restarting the container and all my databases would magically appear, guess not! So, if …

Using WordPress and MySQL Docker Containers

March 8, 2025June 17, 2016 by Vik

I am just starting out on Docker and so far it’s been fun. Here I am going to show how I used Docker WordPress and MySQL containers. Before I delve into the details, I want to tell you that I am going to be working on Windows using SSH on Docker VM. If you want to know how to do that see this post here. So let’s start. Open SSH console. We are going to …