Testing MySQL/MariaDB/Percona versions with Docker

Giuseppe Maxia has provided some great MySQL docker images . Percona and MariaDB also provide version via Docker Hub. In an attempt to have a consistent means of launching these different images I created the following convenience functions.

  1. Install docker for your OS. See Official Docker installation instructions .
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ronaldbradford/mysql-docker-minimal/master/dockerhelper.sh






$ . ./dockerhelper.sh Docker Registered functions are: docker_mysql, docker_percona, docker_mariadb

$ docker_mysql ERROR: Specify a MySQL version to launch. Valid versions are 5.0 5.1 5.5 5.6 5.7 8.0 $ docker_percona ERROR: Specify a Percona version to launch. Valid versions are 5.5 5.6 5.7 $ docker_mariadb ERROR: Specify a MariaDB version to launch. Valid versions are 5.5 10.0 10.1

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