Docker with Mysql App DB

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Has anyone successfully ran a docker instance with a Mysql App DB? I am fairly new to docker so excuse me if anything…

I ran:
sudo docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -e "MB_DB_TYPE=mysql" -e "MB_DB_DBNAME=metabase" -e "MB_DB_PORT=3306" -e "MB_DB_USER=metabase" -e "MB_DB_PASS=aaaaaaa" -e "MB_DB_HOST=myhost.local" --name metabase metabase/metabase

after running it i can browse the loading page with the progress bar but shortly after the connection just stops. Anyone has any idea how to troubleshoot this?

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Just found out that Metabase doesnt support utf8bm4 and had to change it to utf8.

I actually found out through running the jar file manually as a temporary alternative and it actually threw out the error message.

Any idea how I can see java console messages from a docker instance? Like what we would see if we ran the jar file manually?

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try docker logs <instance_name>

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@BenCherre thanks! but i noticed it didnt exactly spit out all the console error messages that I was expecting to see. Is there a way to say listen to the console in real time and not run this command from time to time?

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trydocker logs -f
`Usage: logs [options] [SERVICE…]

Options:
–no-color Produce monochrome output.
-f, --follow Follow log output
-t, --timestamps Show timestamps
–tail=“all” Number of lines to show from the end of the logs
for each container.`
source: https://docs.docker.com/compose/reference/logs/