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MySQL-Client Overview

Secure your stack with a hardened MySQL-Client image freshly-built by Minimus. Minimus images always include the most up-to-date package version for all packages and dependencies contained in the image.

MySQL-Client provides the mysql command-line tool for connecting to and running queries against a MySQL or MariaDB-compatible database, without needing to run or install the full database engine. This is useful for administrators and CI/CD pipelines that need to run ad hoc queries or administrative SQL against a remote database from a lightweight container — for example, a Kubernetes Job that applies a schema migration against a remote database.

Try It Out

For a quick test, print the help menu:

docker run --rm reg.mini.dev/mysql-client --help

Connect to a MySQL Server

The client needs a server to connect to, so start one on a shared network:

docker network create mysql-net

docker run -d --name mysql-server --network mysql-net \
  -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=Minimus! \
  reg.mini.dev/mysql

Connect to it with the client image:

docker run --rm -it --network mysql-net \
  reg.mini.dev/mysql-client -h mysql-server -u root -p

Submit the password you set when you ran the server container (in our example, Minimus!).

Ready to Interact with Your MySQL Server?

You should see the mysql> prompt of the MySQL shell. For our example, we will pass a command to list all databases:

show databases;

Note that the semicolon ; marks the end of the command. If you drop it, you will see a continuation prompt (->) to add more input.

+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
| sys                |
+--------------------+
4 rows in set (0.01 sec)

Technical Considerations

The MySQL-Client image provided by Minimus is a slim, security-hardened alternative to the public image. The images are largely interchangeable, with a few differences as noted below.

MySQL-Client built by Minimus:

Uses a fixed entrypoint of /usr/bin/mysql — the image contains only the mysql client binary, so pass connection flags directly as arguments (e.g. docker run reg.mini.dev/mysql-client -h <host> -u <user> -p) without naming the binary.
Drill down on the version specification tab to see the default user, volumes, environment variables, etc.

The Payoff

A hardened, minimal image that will remain more secure for the long run and accrue vulnerabilities at a slower rate.

See the risk reduction dashboard for a detailed CVE comparison over the past 30 days.
Review the compliance report to see the default hardening and security configurations for the image.

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