# downloading db.sql.gz wget http://path/to/your/db.sql.gz # Unzip gzip -d db.sql.gz # Start container docker-compose up -d # copy db.sql into the local-db container docker cp db.sql local-db:/docker/ # remove the downloaded file rm db.sql docker exec -it local-db echo "Importing db.sql into the container ..." docker exec -it local-db /bin/sh -c 'mysql -uadmin -pPassword my_database < db.sql' docker exec -it local-db /bin/sh -c 'rm db.sql'