FROM mariadb:latest AS builder COPY db_init.sql /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/ # That file does the DB initialization but also runs mysql daemon, by removing the last line it will only init RUN ["sed", "-i", "s/exec \"$@\"/echo \"not running $@\"/", "/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh"] ENV MARIADB_USER=root ENV MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=super_strong_password # Need to change the datadir to something else that /var/lib/mysql because the parent docker file defines it as a volume. # https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#volume : # Changing the volume from within the Dockerfile: If any build steps change the data within the volume after # it has been declared, those changes will be discarded. RUN ["/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh", "mariadbd", "--datadir", "/initialized-db", "--aria-log-dir-path", "/initialized-db"] FROM mariadb:latest COPY --from=builder /initialized-db /var/lib/mysql