Install mssql server in Ubuntu 20.04 Docker Container

 To install the Mssql server 19 in Ubuntu 20.04, you need to follow these steps.

1. Clone the systemd image.

sudo docker run -d --name linuxamination --privileged -v /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro jrei/systemd-ubuntu:20.04

2. Log into the container

sudo docker exec -it linuxamination bash

3. Run the commands inside the container

apt update

4. Install dependent packages

apt install wget curl sudo software-properties-common gnupg2

5. Add microsoft keys in your apt repository.

sudo wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -

sudo add-apt-repository "$(wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/mssql-server-2019.list)"

6. Update the repository

apt update

7. Install Mssql server

sudo apt install mssql-server

8. Configure Mssql server

/opt/mssql/bin/mssql-conf setup

While configuration, You need to select Express (Free) option if you do not have License key for Mssql server.

Then you need to accept the License terms and add a password for your mssql server.

If you get following error while configuring Mssql server

Ubuntu Docker Container Error - System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate

 Then you need to follow this tutorial from the beginning, you will not get this error. If you have launched a container from your existing Ubuntu Image and now you are following rest of the steps from this tutorial then you might get this error. 

Take a look at here for the solution.

 

http://linuxamination.blogspot.com/2020/11/ubuntu-docker-container-error-system.html

or if you need complete guide of solution, follow this.

 

9.Now you need to install mssql tools, run the command in your container.

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/19.10/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list

10. Update the repository

sudo apt update 

sudo ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt install mssql-tools unixodbc-dev

echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

11. Now Connect to MS SQL console using command.

sqlcmd -S 127.0.0.1 -U SA 

Enter the password you chose while configuration. Now you are on mssql command line.

12. Create database

1> create database mydb;

13. Get a list of databases:

1> select name from sys.databases;

2> go

You can see the solution in the following video.