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Running spring boot application in a docker container and connecting it to a containerized MySQL server

Sep 11, 2021

First, create a MySQL container in docker
create a common network so that spring boot and can also be added

command to create a network called my_network

add MySQL container to the network

add MySQL to the network

create a Dockerfile in the root of spring boot
add the following

Dockerfile

Next, in application.properties, change database url to the one in docker network

application.properties

Then, build the application using mvn clean install
Build spring boot docker image

Run the image we just built

Test the API is working

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