- #How to run microsoft sql server on mac how to#
- #How to run microsoft sql server on mac for mac#
- #How to run microsoft sql server on mac password#
Note that we could have done everything from the docker-compose.yml file if we wanted to, but I decided to break it up into scripts.
#How to run microsoft sql server on mac password#
It will be listening on port 1401, you can connect to it using SA and the password you set (eg DB_PASS environment variable). Just run the following in terminal from the directory that has your docker-compose.yml file: docker-compose upĪt this point it should boot up SQLServer. If you are not working with a SQL Server backup and just have some SQL create statements, you can just put them in mods.sql and comment out the line of the script that imports the database from a backup. opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S localhost -U SA -P "$MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD" -d ExampleDb -i /tmp/data/mods.sql opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S localhost -U SA -P "$MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD" -Q "RESTORE DATABASE ExampleDb FROM DISK='/tmp/data/myDB.bak' WITH MOVE 'ExampleDb' TO '/var/opt/mssql/data/ExampleDb.mdf', MOVE 'ExampleDb_log' TO '/var/opt/mssql/data/ExampleDb.ldf'" The folder structure looks like this: db/ Now I have a sub folder called db with a few other files. The password for the SA account will be set to the value of my DB_PASS environment variable, you may want to change how that works to suit your needs.
The ports section is mapping SQL Server port 1433 to my local port 1401. Image: microsoft/mssql-server-linux:2017-latestĪ few key points here. Here's a simple docker-compose.yml file for running SQL Server on a Mac. You don't have to use docker-compose but I find it makes the process easy, especially if you leave a project and come back to it 6 months later. We will use docker-compose.yml to make it very easy to start or stop SQL Server on our Mac.
#How to run microsoft sql server on mac for mac#
Once you have docker for Mac installed you should be able to run docker-compose -v from Terminal and it should output the version number.ĭocker Compose lets you define one or more servers (or docker containers) in a single YAML file. If you already have docker installed, great news for you, you can skip to the next step. I never thought this would be so easy, but here's how I've been doing this for the past few years. Please start SQL Server Service before you run SQL Server Management Studio to operate SQL database.So you use a Mac, but you need to run Microsoft SQL Server.
Please stop SQL Server Service before reset or change forgotten SQL password with SQL Password Genius.Ģ. Click one of them to operate SQL Server Service according to your will.ġ. There are four kinds of buttons on toolbar, meaning Start, Pause, Stop and Restart. Right-click any instance of SQL Server such as SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS), and then click Stop, Pause, Start or Restart.Ģ. Now, we have two choices to operate SQL Server Service.ġ. Step 3: In the results pane, select any instance of SQL Server such as SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS). Step 2: In SQL Server Configuration Manager, expand Services. Step 1: On the Start menu, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft SQL Server, point to Configuration Tools, and then click SQL Server Configuration Manager. Steps to start, stop, pause or restart SQL Server Service: Just open SQL Server Configuration Manager, we could start, stop, pause or restart SQL Server Service. And SQL Server configuration tool provides us a way to do this. If we want to run SQL Server successfully, we have to manage SQL Server service properly. SQL Server Service controls the SQL Server running.
#How to run microsoft sql server on mac how to#
How to Start/Stop/Pause/Restart SQL Server Service