Start a mysql docker container

docker run --name mysql -p 3306:3306 -v /tmp/datadir:/var/lib/mysql -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password -d mysql:5.5 

Go inside the container and create database.

docker exec -it mysql bash
mysql -uroot -ppassword
mysql> create database demo;

To build this application

mvn package docker:build     

To start this application

docker run --name=demo -p 8080:8080 --link mysql:mysql -t gangaraju/spring-boot-docker-demo

(or)

docker run --name=demo -p 8080:8080 -e spring.datasource.host=mysql -e spring.datasource.port=3306 --link mysql:mysql -t gangaraju/spring-boot-docker-demo

REST API's:

1. Create User

POST http://localhost:8080/user

{ "firstName" : "Gangaraju", "lastName": "Chaganti" }

2. Get User

   GET http://localhost:8080/user/\<id>

3. Get All users

   GET http://localhost:8080/users