Once you have installed the docker for desktop in your windows/Linux/Mac machine, make sure to test the installation by running the following command. Docker is good for application isolation, etc. I use Vagrant for testing server configuration or playing with an entire environment.

Have Docker Desktop installed on Your machine. It really depends on what you want to accomplish.

A little understanding about containers/images and docker in general.

There are some pre-requisites for this tutorial. And most importantly, you need to uninstall it when you don’t need it anymore.īut with technologies like VirtualBox, Vagrant, and especially Docker, you could startup your local setup way faster. Even though many databases like MySQL provide simple installers for this purpose, It is still your job to maintain that database. Fact: docker machine’s IP address stays the same, usually 192.168.99.100, unless: you destroy your docker machine dev, create another VirtualBox VM and create docker machine dev afterwards, or you have custom VirtualBox. Dealing with docker machine’s IP address. Especially when it involves maintaining a database locally means it is a headache. Mac OS X 10.11.4 VirtualBox v5.0.16 Vagrant v1.8.1 Docker Toolbox v1.10.3. The hardest part of the development is setting up the local setup. After completing this tutorial, you will know how to run the MySQL database locally. In this post, we will take a look at how to set up a MySQL database and phpMyAdmin in a local machine using docker for application development.

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