Running Smartstore with MySQL in Docker

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Docker compose (Docker Desktop for Windows or Mac includes Docker Compose, install this, if you are using a Linux OS)

Download and Run Docker Compose File

• Download the Docker Compose file
• Change to the directory where you saved the file
• At the command line, run docker compose up

Install Smartstore

• Enter http://localhost into your browser
• The Smartstore setup wizard will open

Input fields during setup

Store Information

• Admin user email: Username for the Shop Admin
• Admin user password: Password of the Shop Admin
• Confirm the password: Confirmation of the Shop Admin password

Database information

• Database system: Specifies which database system is used, we choose MySQL here
• Connection: Here you can choose between entering the individual connection string values and the connection string as a whole. We select Enter connection values
• Servername: The host name or IP of the database server. Here we enter mysql
• Database name: Name of the database. This is newly created and the name can be freely chosen, e.g. db-smartstore
• Authentication: Here you can choose between the available authentication methods. MySQL only offers SQL server authentication here
• Username: Username for the MySQL server. In this example, we use root for simplicity
• Password: The password of the root user is Smartstore2022!

Options

• Primary language: Here you have the possibility to select a store language. Later more languages can be installed.
• Media storage: Here the selection is made whether the media should be stored on the file system or in the database. The default setting should remain.
• Create sample data: Determines whether sample data is created. For testing, this option should be enabled.