start container mysql docker code example

Example 1: docker mysql random root password

$ docker run --name some-mysql -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw -d mysql:tag

Example 2: how to open mysql in docker

# login into mysql
docker logs mysql1 2>&1 | grep GENERATED # check the automatically generated password of root user, copy it
docker exec -it mysql1 mysql -u root -p # parse and press the Enter key