environment_variables: MARIADB_USER: "User to be created on initialization (default: root)" MARIADB_PASSWORD: "Password associated to the MARIADB_USER (default: none)" MARIADB_DATABASE: "Create a database and grant access to MARIADB_USER (default: none)" volumes: $BITNAMI_APP_VOL_PREFIX/data: $BITNAMI_APP_NAME data files. For backups use this volume $BITNAMI_APP_VOL_PREFIX/conf: my.conf lives here $BITNAMI_APP_VOL_PREFIX/logs: ports: 3306: $BITNAMI_APP_NAME default port misc: note: Please note that the user creation happens only the first time you run the container note#2: MARIADB_USER works in conjunction with MARIADB_DATABASE environment variable