I’m pretty new to the self hosting thing but I’m enjoying it a lot and want to go a bit further down the proverbial rabbit hole.

I’m looking at a bunch of services and they all require a DB, usually a MySQL DB. It seems counterintutitive to have 20 MySQL databases each in its own Docker container. So is there a way to have one DB across most of my services? (I realize that Nextcloud and other bigger items should have a dedicted DB.)

How would I set up a shared DB in a docker-compose file?

  • traches@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    You’ll want to learn some database administration before you attempt this. Simpler to just give them all their own instance.