Setting up MySQL Group replication with Docker Compose

This repository now provides two separate Docker Compose setups:

• mysql-8.0/docker-compose.yml for MySQL 8.0 (mysql/mysql-server:8.0)
• mysql-9.6/docker-compose.yml for MySQL 9.6 (mysql:9.6)

Full article MySQL 8.0

Setting up MySQL Group replication with Docker Compose

Full article MySQL 9.6

Build a MySQL 9.6 Group Replication Cluster with Docker Compose

Quickstart

Prerequisite: Docker and Docker Compose installed.

1. Start the MySQL 9.6 cluster:

   cd mysql-9.6 && docker compose up -d

2. Wait for all 3 nodes to show Up (healthy):

   docker compose ps

3. Bootstrap the group (run once on node1):

   docker compose exec node1 mysql -uroot -pmypass \
     -e "SET @@GLOBAL.group_replication_bootstrap_group=ON;" \
     -e "CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS 'repl'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'replpass';" \
     -e "GRANT REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* TO 'repl'@'%';" \
     -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" \
     -e "CHANGE REPLICATION SOURCE TO SOURCE_USER='repl', SOURCE_PASSWORD='replpass' FOR CHANNEL 'group_replication_recovery';" \
     -e "START GROUP_REPLICATION;" \
     -e "SET @@GLOBAL.group_replication_bootstrap_group=OFF;" \
     -e "SELECT * FROM performance_schema.replication_group_members;"

4. Join node2 and node3 to the group:

   for N in 2 3; do
     docker compose exec node$N mysql -uroot -pmypass \
       -e "STOP GROUP_REPLICATION;" \
       -e "RESET BINARY LOGS AND GTIDS;" \
       -e "CHANGE REPLICATION SOURCE TO SOURCE_USER='repl', SOURCE_PASSWORD='replpass' FOR CHANNEL 'group_replication_recovery';" \
       -e "START GROUP_REPLICATION;"
   done

5. Verify group membership:

   docker compose exec node1 mysql -uroot -pmypass \
     -e "SELECT MEMBER_HOST, MEMBER_STATE, MEMBER_ROLE FROM performance_schema.replication_group_members;"

6. Clean up when done:

   docker compose down -v

Full step-by-step explanations for MySQL 8.0 and 9.6 are in the linked articles above.

P.S. Take a look at this tutorial and check how to setup MySQL Group Replication with Docker containers.