# Run Mysql docker container on Apple M1 macs.

Apple's M1 chip has a different architecture than Intel or AMD and as such, not all containers run on it smoothly. One such docker container is MySQL. If you try to create and run a docker container on M1 mac, the platform it looks for are ```linux/arm64/v8```
And you get the following error: ```docker: no matching manifest for linux/arm64/v8 in the manifest list entries.```

You can still run the docker container by explicitly stating the platform, such that your run command becomes 
```
docker run --name some-mysql -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=admin --platform=linux/x86_64 -d mysql
```

And now your container should form and run smoothly. 

Caveats --> 
This is not an ideal approach. This is essentially using an emulation of the host machine to run the container and that causes its own issues like poor performance. If you'd like me to discuss problems with this approach and ideal solutions, let me know and I'll write another blog about it.