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1. Download and install Docker for Mac (https://www.docker.com/)
2. Pull down the latest image for SQL Server (optional, will be pulled by next command if you don’t have it)

   sudo docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:latest
   

3. Create and run the container

   sudo docker run -e 'ACCEPT_EULA=Y' -e 'MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=<password>' -p 1433:1433 -v mssql:/var/opt/mssql -v <local db directory>:/var/opt/mssql/backups --name mssql-server -h sql1 -d microsoft/mssql-server-linux:latest
   

   Note: is a directory where you’ll be able to drop .bak files, etc. for easy access within the container. Example: /Users/MyData/Databases Note: This creates a Docker Container Volume with the name “mssql”.

1. To connect an external program, just use localhost, port of 1433, user of sa, and password of .
2. To connect a .NET app, use the following connection string format

   Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=<database name>;User id=sa;Password=<password>;MultipleActiveResultSets=True
   

1. Stop the container

   docker stop mssql-server
   

2. Delete the container

   docker rm mssql-server
   

3. Delete the volume

   docker volume rm mssql
   

4. Delete unused images (optional)

   docker image prune -a -f
   

1. Connect to the container with the command:

   docker exec -it mssql-server bash
   

2. Navigate to the backups folder:

   cd /var/opt/mssql/backups
   

3. Execute the script with the command:

   /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -U sa -P <password> -i <script file>