loopback and mysql docker-compose.yml

docker-compose.yml

# The standard now
version: '2'

# All of the images/containers compose will deal with
services:

  # our strongloop service shall be known as 'api'
  api:
    # use your user name
    image: davepoon/strongloop-dev

    # map the containers port of 3000 to our local 3002
    ports:
      - 3002:3000

    # mount our current directory (code) to the container's /usr/src/api
    volumes:
      - .:/usr/src/api

    # the default command unless we pass it one
    command: nodemon .


  # ADD HERE.  This is what our MySQL service shall be known as
  mysqlDb:

    # This is the official MySQL 5.6 docker image
    image: mysql:5.6

    # These are required variables for the official MySQL image
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "${DB_ROOT}"
      MYSQL_DATABASE: "${DB_NAME}"
      MYSQL_USER: "${DB_USER}"
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: "${DB_PWD}"

    # Keep it mapped to the usual MySQL port
    ports:
      - 3306:3306

    # Create a separate volume on our machine to map to the container's default mysql data directory
    volumes:
      - strongloopDev:/var/lib/mysql

# These must be declared to be used above
volumes:
  strongloopDev: