How should I run a mysql command with nomad and arguments? - nomad

Question

I am interested in using nomad to initialize a mysql database on a windows server that is without docker. I tried to create a job using the "exec" driver, "mysql" command, and an args argument with the host, username, password, etc.
job "gavin-setup" {
datacenters = ["dc1"]
group "gavin-setup-group" {
task "setup" {
driver = "exec"
config = {
command = "mysql"
args = [
"-hlocalhost",
"-ugavin",
"-pgavin_secret",
"gavin_database",
"<",
"C:\\gavin\\config\\create.sql"
]
}
}
}
}
The arguments aren't being passed along. I also tried removing the args and just using the command which did not work:
mysql -hlocalhost -ugavin -pgavin_secret gavin_database < C:\\gavin\\config\\create.sql
Is it possible to do this kind of database initialization setup on a first-time run of the application? Should nomad be capable of doing this? If not - should I be using some other process to do this kind of setup?

Answer 1

I ended up using the full path to the mysql.exe and discovered that nomad logs -stderr <assoc-id> was really helpful.
job "gavin-setup" {
datacenters = ["dc1"]
group "gavin-setup-group" {
task "create_db" {
driver = "exec"
config = {
command = "C:/Program Files (x86)/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.6/bin/mysql.exe"
args = [
"-uroot",
"-pgavin_secret",
"-e",
"create database if not exists gavin_db;"
]
}
}
}
}