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.