{"id":2286,"date":"2026-07-20T12:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/how-to-deploy-spring-boot-application-with-mysql-database-with-docker\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T21:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:13:57","slug":"how-to-deploy-spring-boot-application-with-mysql-database-with-docker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/how-to-deploy-spring-boot-application-with-mysql-database-with-docker\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deploy Spring Boot Application with MySQL Database with Docker"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Updated August 2026 \u2014 full tutorial restored for this URL.<\/em><\/p>\n

This tutorial shows how to run a Spring Boot<\/strong> API and MySQL<\/strong> together with Docker Compose<\/strong> \u2014 the setup I use for demos and simple VPS deploys.<\/p>\n

See also: Multi-stage Dockerfile with Spring Boot and PostgreSQL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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  1. Prerequisites<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. application.properties for containers<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Dockerfile<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. docker-compose.yml<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Build, run, verify<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    1. Prerequisites<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Docker + Docker Compose installed<\/li>\n
    • A Spring Boot app that already talks to MySQL locally<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      2. application.properties for containers<\/strong><\/p>\n

      spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql:\/\/mysql:3306\/appdb?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true&useSSL=false&allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true\nspring.datasource.username=app\nspring.datasource.password=secret\nspring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update\nserver.port=8080\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      Hostname mysql<\/code> matches the Compose service name (Docker DNS).<\/p>\n
      3. Dockerfile<\/strong><\/p>\n
      FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jdk AS build\nWORKDIR \/app\nCOPY . .\nRUN .\/mvnw -DskipTests package\n\nFROM eclipse-temurin:17-jre\nWORKDIR \/app\nCOPY --from=build \/app\/target\/*.jar app.jar\nEXPOSE 8080\nENTRYPOINT [\"java\",\"-jar\",\"\/app\/app.jar\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      4. docker-compose.yml<\/strong><\/p>\n
      services:\n  mysql:\n    image: mysql:8.0\n    environment:\n      MYSQL_DATABASE: appdb\n      MYSQL_USER: app\n      MYSQL_PASSWORD: secret\n      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootsecret\n    ports:\n      - \"3306:3306\"\n    volumes:\n      - mysql_data:\/var\/lib\/mysql\n    healthcheck:\n      test: [\"CMD\", \"mysqladmin\", \"ping\", \"-h\", \"localhost\"]\n      interval: 5s\n      retries: 10\n\n  api:\n    build: .\n    ports:\n      - \"8080:8080\"\n    depends_on:\n      mysql:\n        condition: service_healthy\n\nvolumes:\n  mysql_data:\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      5. Build, run, verify<\/strong><\/p>\n
      docker compose up --build\ncurl http:\/\/localhost:8080\/actuator\/health   # or your own endpoint\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      Common fixes: wait for MySQL healthy before the app starts; match JDBC URL host to service name; persist data with a named volume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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