Pipeline to docker exec from command line and from python api
What I am trying to implement is calling mysqldump
in the container and dumping the database into the container's own directory.
I will try below command first:
$ docker exec container-name mysqldump [options] database | xz > database.sql.xz
It doesn't work, so I'll try another one:
$ docker exec container-name bash -c 'mysqldump [options] database | xz > database.sql.xz'
This time it worked.
But this is really lame.
Then I'll try using docker-py this time cmd
, which worked like this:
cmd=['bash', '-c', 'mysqldump [options] database | xz > database.sql.xz']
logger event as below:
level="info" msg="-job log(exec_start: bash -c mysqldump [options] database | xz > database.sql.xz, fe58e681fec194cde23b9b31e698446b2f9d946fe0c0f2e39c66d6fe68185442, mysql:latest) = OK (0)"
My question is:
is there a more elegant way to archive my target?
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You're almost there, you just need to add the -i flag to make the pipe work:
-i, --interactive Keep STDIN open even if not attached
docker exec -i container-name mysqldump [options] database > database.sql.xz
I replaced the pipe with a file reconfiguration, but it will work with Pipe. Just remember to use the -t option, as this will break it.
Additionally:
To revert back sql-dump to mysql:
docker exec -i container-name mysql [options] database < database.sql.xz
This little script will detect if I am running mysql on a pipe or not:
#!/bin/bash
if [ -t 0 ]; then
docker exec -it container-name mysql "$@"
else
docker exec -i container-name mysql "$@"
fi
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