DB Params username: "root", password: "FILL_THIS", database: "elixir", hostname: "172.60.1.13", Log into the container docker exec -it elixir-mysql bash Log into the mysql service mysql -uroot -p Create a DB CREATE DATABASE `elixir`; Create tables USE `elixir`; CREATE TABLE `user`( `id` SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT COMMENT 'MAX 65535 records', `name` VARCHAR(250) NOT NULL, `surname` VARCHAR(250) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY(`id`) ) ENGINE = INNODB DEFAULT CHARACTER SET = UTF8; INSERT INTO `user` (`name`, `surname`) VALUES('John', 'Doe'),('Jane', 'Doe'); SELECT * FROM `user`; CREATE TABLE `post`( `id` SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT COMMENT 'MAX 65535 records', `title` VARCHAR(250) NOT NULL, `user_id` SMALLINT UNSIGNED NULL DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'Author who created this post.', PRIMARY KEY(`id`) ) ENGINE = INNODB DEFAULT CHARACTER SET = UTF8; INSERT INTO `post` (`title`, `user_id`) VALUES('post A', 1),('post B', 1); SELECT * FROM `post`;