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Last Updated: 2024-11-23
I wanted to manually inspect the mysql database in a docker container but there was no documentation about how to get into it.
It turned out to be there after all, thanks to the fact that most containers are based on some unix variant:
$ docker-compose -f docker-compose-development.yml -f docker-compose.yml exec mysql bash
From within this shell I could run $ mysql -u project_s -ppassword to get into the mysql client.
Docker - most every container has its own shell (often bash). If you want to access the specific cli program in that container, first log in to the bash.