Updated Docker compose file and readme file .

README.md

@@ -40,11 +40,15 @@ Before you begin, make sure you have the following installed:
    ```
 
 ## Usage
+1. Install docker compose
+   ```bash
+   sudo apt-get install docker-compose-v2
+   ```
 
 1. Start the containers using Docker Compose:
 
    ```bash
-   docker-compose up --build
+   docker compose up -d
    ```
 
 2. Access the Flask app in your web browser:

docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: '3'
+version: '3.8'
 services:
 
   backend:
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ services:
       MYSQL_HOST: mysql
       MYSQL_USER: admin
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: admin
-      MYSQL_DB: myDb
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: myDb
     depends_on:
-      - mysql
+      mysql:
+        condition: service_healthy
 
   mysql:
     image: mysql:5.7
@@ -24,8 +25,13 @@ services:
       MYSQL_USER: admin
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: admin
     volumes:
-      - ./message.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/message.sql   # Mount sql script into container's /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d directory to get table automatically created
-      - mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql  # Mount the volume for MySQL data storage
+      - ./message.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/message.sql
+      - mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-h", "localhost"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
 
 volumes:
   mysql-data: