diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a5b6e2bc5..12a9f3710 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -237,7 +237,9 @@ versioned-images := 		php-8.1-fpm \
 							ruby-3.1 \
 							ruby-3.2 \
 							ruby-3.3 \
-							opensearch-2
+							opensearch-2 \
+							mysql-8.0 \
+							mysql-8.4
 
 # default-versioned-images are images that formerly had no versioning, and are made backwards-compatible.
 # the below versions are the ones that map to the unversioned namespace
@@ -319,6 +321,7 @@ build/mariadb-10.11-drupal: build/mariadb-10.11
 build/ruby-3.1 build/ruby-3.2 build/ruby-3.3: build/commons
 build/opensearch-2: build/commons
 build/mongo-4: build/commons 
+build/mysql-8.0 build/mysql-8.4: build/commons
 
 #######
 ####### Building Images
diff --git a/helpers/TESTING_service_images_dockercompose.md b/helpers/TESTING_service_images_dockercompose.md
index c0fd6d1bc..d579d44b0 100644
--- a/helpers/TESTING_service_images_dockercompose.md
+++ b/helpers/TESTING_service_images_dockercompose.md
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ docker run --rm --net all-images_default jwilder/dockerize dockerize -wait tcp:/
 docker run --rm --net all-images_default jwilder/dockerize dockerize -wait tcp://mariadb-10-5:3306 -timeout 1m
 docker run --rm --net all-images_default jwilder/dockerize dockerize -wait tcp://mariadb-10-6:3306 -timeout 1m
 docker run --rm --net all-images_default jwilder/dockerize dockerize -wait tcp://mariadb-10-11:3306 -timeout 1m
+docker run --rm --net all-images_default jwilder/dockerize dockerize -wait tcp://mysql-8-0:3306 -timeout 1m
+docker run --rm --net all-images_default jwilder/dockerize dockerize -wait tcp://mysql-8-4:3306 -timeout 1m
 docker run --rm --net all-images_default jwilder/dockerize dockerize -wait tcp://postgres-11:5432 -timeout 1m
 docker run --rm --net all-images_default jwilder/dockerize dockerize -wait tcp://postgres-12:5432 -timeout 1m
 docker run --rm --net all-images_default jwilder/dockerize dockerize -wait tcp://postgres-13:5432 -timeout 1m
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ docker ps --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=all-images | grep Up | grep
 docker ps --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=all-images | grep Up | grep mariadb-10-5
 docker ps --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=all-images | grep Up | grep mariadb-10-6
 docker ps --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=all-images | grep Up | grep mariadb-10-11
+docker ps --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=all-images | grep Up | grep mysql-8-0
+docker ps --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=all-images | grep Up | grep mysql-8-4
 docker ps --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=all-images | grep Up | grep mongo-4
 docker ps --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=all-images | grep Up | grep postgres-11
 docker ps --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=all-images | grep Up | grep postgres-12
@@ -222,6 +226,32 @@ docker compose exec -T mongo-4 sh -c "mongo < /tmp/dbstats.sql" | grep "db" | gr
 docker compose exec -T commons sh -c "curl -kL http://internal-services-test:3000/mongo?service=mongo-4" | grep "SERVICE_HOST="
 docker compose exec -T commons sh -c "curl -kL http://internal-services-test:3000/mongo?service=mongo-4" | grep "LAGOON_TEST_VAR=all"
 
+# mysql-8-0 should be version 8.0 client
+docker compose exec -T mysql-8-0  sh -c "mysql -V" | grep "8.0"
+
+# mysql-8-0  should be version 8.0 server
+docker compose exec -T mysql-8-0  sh -c "mysql -e 'SHOW variables;'" | grep "version" | grep "8.0"
+
+# mysql-8-0  should use default credentials
+docker compose exec -T mysql-8-0  sh -c "mysql -D lagoon -u lagoon --password=lagoon -e 'SHOW databases;'" | grep lagoon
+
+# mysql-8-0  should be able to read/write data
+docker compose exec -T commons sh -c "curl -kL http://internal-services-test:3000/mariadb?service=mysql-8-0" | grep "SERVICE_HOST=8.0"
+docker compose exec -T commons sh -c "curl -kL http://internal-services-test:3000/mariadb?service=mysql-8-0" | grep "LAGOON_TEST_VAR=all-images"
+
+# mysql-8-4 should be version 8.4 client
+docker compose exec -T mysql-8-4  sh -c "mysql -V" | grep "8.4"
+
+# mysql-8-4  should be version 8.4 server
+docker compose exec -T mysql-8-4  sh -c "mysql -e 'SHOW variables;'" | grep "version" | grep "8.4"
+
+# mysql-8-4  should use default credentials
+docker compose exec -T mysql-8-4  sh -c "mysql -D lagoon -u lagoon --password=lagoon -e 'SHOW databases;'" | grep lagoon
+
+# mysql-8-4  should be able to read/write data
+docker compose exec -T commons sh -c "curl -kL http://internal-services-test:3000/mariadb?service=mysql-8-4" | grep "SERVICE_HOST=8.4"
+docker compose exec -T commons sh -c "curl -kL http://internal-services-test:3000/mariadb?service=mysql-8-4" | grep "LAGOON_TEST_VAR=all-images"
+
 # postgres-11 should be version 11 client
 docker compose exec -T postgres-11 bash -c "psql --version" | grep "psql" | grep "11."
 
diff --git a/helpers/services-docker-compose.yml b/helpers/services-docker-compose.yml
index 8b7c1bf7c..7e0ecb564 100644
--- a/helpers/services-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/helpers/services-docker-compose.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ services:
       - "28017"
     << : *default-user # uses the defined user from top
 
+  mysql-8-0:
+    image: uselagoon/mysql-8.0:latest
+    ports:
+      - "3306"
+    << : *default-user # uses the defined user from top
+
+  mysql-8-4:
+    image: uselagoon/mysql-8.4:latest
+    ports:
+      - "3306"
+    << : *default-user # uses the defined user from top
+
   postgres-11:
     image: uselagoon/postgres-11:latest
     ports:
diff --git a/images/mysql/8.0.Dockerfile b/images/mysql/8.0.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b488499eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/mysql/8.0.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+ARG IMAGE_REPO
+FROM ${IMAGE_REPO:-lagoon}/commons as commons
+FROM mysql:8.0.37-oracle
+
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="The Lagoon Authors" maintainer="The Lagoon Authors"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/uselagoon/lagoon-images" repository="https://github.com/uselagoon/lagoon-images"
+
+ARG LAGOON_VERSION
+ENV LAGOON_VERSION=$LAGOON_VERSION
+
+# Copy commons files
+COPY --from=commons /lagoon /lagoon
+COPY --from=commons /bin/fix-permissions /bin/ep /bin/docker-sleep /bin/wait-for /bin/
+COPY --from=commons /home /home
+
+RUN fix-permissions /etc/passwd \
+    && mkdir -p /home
+
+ENV TMPDIR=/tmp \
+    TMP=/tmp \
+    HOME=/home \
+    # When Bash is invoked via `sh` it behaves like the old Bourne Shell and sources a file that is given in `ENV`
+    ENV=/home/.bashrc \
+    # When Bash is invoked as non-interactive (like `bash -c command`) it sources a file that is given in `BASH_ENV`
+    BASH_ENV=/home/.bashrc
+
+ENV BACKUPS_DIR="/var/lib/mysql/backup"
+
+ENV MYSQL_DATABASE=lagoon \
+    MYSQL_USER=lagoon \
+    MYSQL_PASSWORD=lagoon \
+    MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=Lag00n
+
+RUN microdnf install -y epel-release \
+    && microdnf update -y \
+    && microdnf install -y \
+        gettext \
+        net-tools \
+        pwgen \
+        tini \
+        wget; \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/* /etc/mysql/ /etc/my.cnf*; \
+    curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/major/MySQLTuner-perl/master/mysqltuner.pl -o mysqltuner.pl
+
+COPY entrypoints/ /lagoon/entrypoints/
+COPY mysql-backup.sh /lagoon/
+COPY my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf
+
+RUN for i in /var/run/mysqld /run/mysqld /var/lib/mysql /etc/mysql/conf.d /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d /home; \
+    do mkdir -p $i; chown mysql $i; /bin/fix-permissions $i; \
+    done
+
+COPY root/usr/share/container-scripts/mysql/readiness-probe.sh /usr/share/container-scripts/mysql/readiness-probe.sh
+RUN /bin/fix-permissions /usr/share/container-scripts/mysql/ \
+    && /bin/fix-permissions /etc/mysql
+
+RUN touch /var/log/mariadb-slow.log && /bin/fix-permissions /var/log/mariadb-slow.log \
+    && touch /var/log/mariadb-queries.log && /bin/fix-permissions /var/log/mariadb-queries.log
+
+# We cannot start mysql as root, we add the user mysql to the group root and
+# change the user of the Docker Image to this user.
+RUN usermod -a -G root mysql
+USER mysql
+ENV USER_NAME mysql
+
+WORKDIR /var/lib/mysql
+EXPOSE 3306
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--", "/lagoon/entrypoints.bash"]
+CMD ["mysqld"]
diff --git a/images/mysql/8.4.Dockerfile b/images/mysql/8.4.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c44eb92e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/mysql/8.4.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+ARG IMAGE_REPO
+FROM ${IMAGE_REPO:-lagoon}/commons as commons
+FROM mysql:8.4.0-oracle
+
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="The Lagoon Authors" maintainer="The Lagoon Authors"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/uselagoon/lagoon-images" repository="https://github.com/uselagoon/lagoon-images"
+
+ARG LAGOON_VERSION
+ENV LAGOON_VERSION=$LAGOON_VERSION
+
+# Copy commons files
+COPY --from=commons /lagoon /lagoon
+COPY --from=commons /bin/fix-permissions /bin/ep /bin/docker-sleep /bin/wait-for /bin/
+COPY --from=commons /home /home
+
+RUN fix-permissions /etc/passwd \
+    && mkdir -p /home
+
+ENV TMPDIR=/tmp \
+    TMP=/tmp \
+    HOME=/home \
+    # When Bash is invoked via `sh` it behaves like the old Bourne Shell and sources a file that is given in `ENV`
+    ENV=/home/.bashrc \
+    # When Bash is invoked as non-interactive (like `bash -c command`) it sources a file that is given in `BASH_ENV`
+    BASH_ENV=/home/.bashrc
+
+ENV BACKUPS_DIR="/var/lib/mysql/backup"
+
+ENV MYSQL_DATABASE=lagoon \
+    MYSQL_USER=lagoon \
+    MYSQL_PASSWORD=lagoon \
+    MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=Lag00n
+
+RUN microdnf install -y epel-release \
+    && microdnf update -y \
+    && microdnf install -y \
+        gettext \
+        net-tools \
+        pwgen \
+        tini \
+        wget; \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/* /etc/mysql/ /etc/my.cnf*; \
+    curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/major/MySQLTuner-perl/master/mysqltuner.pl -o mysqltuner.pl
+
+COPY entrypoints/ /lagoon/entrypoints/
+COPY mysql-backup.sh /lagoon/
+COPY my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf
+
+RUN for i in /var/run/mysqld /run/mysqld /var/lib/mysql /etc/mysql/conf.d /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d /home; \
+    do mkdir -p $i; chown mysql $i; /bin/fix-permissions $i; \
+    done
+
+COPY root/usr/share/container-scripts/mysql/readiness-probe.sh /usr/share/container-scripts/mysql/readiness-probe.sh
+RUN /bin/fix-permissions /usr/share/container-scripts/mysql/ \
+    && /bin/fix-permissions /etc/mysql
+
+RUN touch /var/log/mariadb-slow.log && /bin/fix-permissions /var/log/mariadb-slow.log \
+    && touch /var/log/mariadb-queries.log && /bin/fix-permissions /var/log/mariadb-queries.log
+
+# We cannot start mysql as root, we add the user mysql to the group root and
+# change the user of the Docker Image to this user.
+RUN usermod -a -G root mysql
+USER mysql
+ENV USER_NAME mysql
+
+WORKDIR /var/lib/mysql
+EXPOSE 3306
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--", "/lagoon/entrypoints.bash"]
+CMD ["mysqld"]
diff --git a/images/mysql/entrypoints/100-myql-logging.bash b/images/mysql/entrypoints/100-myql-logging.bash
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..52ecdbae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/mysql/entrypoints/100-myql-logging.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+if [ -n "$MYSQL_LOG_SLOW" ]; then
+  echo "MYSQL_LOG_SLOW set, logging to /var/log/mysql-slow.log"
+  cat <<EOF > /etc/mysql/conf.d/log-slow.cnf
+[mysqld]
+log_output=file
+slow_query_log = 1
+slow_query_log_file = /var/log/mysql-slow.log
+long_query_time = ${MYSQL_LONG_QUERY_TIME:-10}
+log_slow_rate_limit = ${MYSQL_LOG_SLOW_RATE_LIMIT:-1}
+EOF
+fi
+
+
+if [ -n "$MYSQL_LOG_QUERIES" ]; then
+  echo "MYSQL_LOG_QUERIES set, logging to /var/log/mysql-queries.log"
+  cat <<EOF > /etc/mysql/conf.d/log-queries.cnf
+
+[mysqld]
+general-log
+log-output=file
+general-log-file=/var/log/mysql-queries.log
+EOF
+fi
diff --git a/images/mysql/entrypoints/150-mysql-performance.bash b/images/mysql/entrypoints/150-mysql-performance.bash
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..44b549210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/mysql/entrypoints/150-mysql-performance.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+if [ "$LAGOON_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE" == "production" ]; then
+  # only set if not already defined
+  if [ -z ${MYSQL_INNODB_BUFFER_POOL_SIZE+x} ]; then
+    export MYSQL_INNODB_BUFFER_POOL_SIZE=1024M
+  fi
+  if [ -z ${MYSQL_INNODB_LOG_FILE_SIZE+x} ]; then
+    export MYSQL_INNODB_LOG_FILE_SIZE=256M
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$MYSQL_PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA" ]; then
+  echo "Enabling performance schema"
+  cat <<EOF > /etc/mysql/conf.d/performance-schema.cnf
+[mysqld]
+performance_schema=ON
+performance-schema-instrument='stage/%=ON'
+performance-schema-consumer-events-stages-current=ON
+performance-schema-consumer-events-stages-history=ON
+performance-schema-consumer-events-stages-history-long=ON
+EOF
+
+fi
diff --git a/images/mysql/entrypoints/200-mysql-envplate.bash b/images/mysql/entrypoints/200-mysql-envplate.bash
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a4aa676f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/mysql/entrypoints/200-mysql-envplate.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+/bin/ep /etc/mysql/*
diff --git a/images/mysql/entrypoints/9999-mysql-init.bash b/images/mysql/entrypoints/9999-mysql-init.bash
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e4b8b14e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/mysql/entrypoints/9999-mysql-init.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+if [ "$(ls -A /etc/mysql/conf.d/)" ]; then
+   ep /etc/mysql/conf.d/*
+fi
+
+if [ "${1:0:1}" = '-' ]; then
+  set -- mysqld "$@"
+fi
+
+wantHelp=
+for arg; do
+  case "$arg" in
+    -'?'|--help|--print-defaults|-V|--version)
+      wantHelp=1
+      break
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# check if MYSQL_COPY_DATA_DIR_SOURCE is set, if yes we're coping the contents of the given folder into the data dir folder
+# this allows to prefill the datadir with a provided datadir (either added in a Dockerfile build, or mounted into the running container).
+# This is different than just setting $MYSQL_DATA_DIR to the source folder, as only /var/lib/mysql is a persistent folder, so setting
+# $MYSQL_DATA_DIR to another folder will make mysql to not store the datadir across container restarts, while with this copy system
+# the data will be prefilled and persistent across container restarts.
+if [ -n "$MYSQL_COPY_DATA_DIR_SOURCE" ]; then
+  if [ -d ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}/mysql ]; then
+    echo "MYSQL_COPY_DATA_DIR_SOURCE is set, but MySQL directory already present in '${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}/mysql' skipping copying"
+  else
+    echo "MYSQL_COPY_DATA_DIR_SOURCE is set, copying datadir contents from '$MYSQL_COPY_DATA_DIR_SOURCE' to '${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}'"
+    CUR_DIR=${PWD}
+    cd ${MYSQL_COPY_DATA_DIR_SOURCE}/; tar cf - . | (cd ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}; tar xvf -)
+    cd $CUR_DIR
+  fi
+fi
+
+ln -sf ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}/.my.cnf /home/.my.cnf
+
+if [ "$1" = 'mysqld' -a -z "$wantHelp" ]; then
+  if [ ! -d "/run/mysqld" ]; then
+    mkdir -p /var/run/mysqld
+    chown -R mysql:mysql /var/run/mysqld
+  fi
+
+  MYSQL_INIT_WAIT_SECONDS=${MYSQL_INIT_WAIT_SECONDS:-30}
+  MYSQL_INIT_PERIOD_SECONDS=${MYSQL_INIT_PERIOD_SECONDS:-1}
+
+  if [ -d ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}/mysql ]; then
+    echo "MySQL directory already present, skipping creation"
+
+    echo "starting mysql for mysql upgrade."
+    /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-networking &
+    pid="$!"
+    echo "pid is $pid"
+
+    for i in $(seq 0 $MYSQL_INIT_WAIT_SECONDS); do
+      if echo 'SELECT 1' | mysql -u root; then
+        break
+      fi
+      echo 'MySQL init process in progress...'
+      sleep $MYSQL_INIT_PERIOD_SECONDS
+    done
+
+    if ! kill -s TERM "$pid" || ! wait "$pid"; then
+      echo >&2 'MySQL init process failed.'
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "MySQL data directory not found, creating initial DBs"
+
+    /usr/sbin/mysqld --initialize-insecure --skip-name-resolve --datadir=${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql} --basedir=/usr
+
+    echo "starting mysql for initdb.d import."
+    /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-networking &
+    pid="$!"
+    echo "pid is $pid"
+
+    for i in $(seq 0 $MYSQL_INIT_WAIT_SECONDS); do
+      if echo 'SELECT 1' | mysql -u root; then
+        break
+      fi
+      echo 'MySQL init process in progress...'
+      sleep $MYSQL_INIT_PERIOD_SECONDS
+    done
+
+    if [ "$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" = "" ]; then
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=`pwgen 16 1`
+      echo "[i] MySQL root Password: $MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD"
+    fi
+
+    MYSQL_DATABASE=${MYSQL_DATABASE:-""}
+    MYSQL_USER=${MYSQL_USER:-""}
+    MYSQL_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_PASSWORD:-""}
+
+    tfile=`mktemp`
+    if [ ! -f "$tfile" ]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    cat << EOF > $tfile
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS test;
+USE mysql;
+ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD';
+DELETE FROM proxies_priv WHERE User='root' AND Host NOT IN ('localhost', '127.0.0.1', '::1');
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+
+EOF
+
+    if [ "$MYSQL_DATABASE" != "" ]; then
+      echo "[i] Creating database: $MYSQL_DATABASE"
+      echo "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS \`$MYSQL_DATABASE\` ;" >> $tfile
+      if [ "$MYSQL_USER" != "" ]; then
+        echo "[i] Creating user: $MYSQL_USER with password $MYSQL_PASSWORD"
+        echo "CREATE USER '$MYSQL_USER'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '$MYSQL_PASSWORD';" >> $tfile
+        echo "GRANT ALL ON \`$MYSQL_DATABASE\`.* to '$MYSQL_USER'@'%';" >> $tfile
+      fi
+    fi
+
+
+    cat $tfile
+    cat $tfile | mysql -v -u root
+    rm -v -f $tfile
+
+    echo "[client]" >> ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}/.my.cnf
+    echo "user=root" >> ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}/.my.cnf
+    echo "password=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}"  >> ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}/.my.cnf
+    echo "[mysql]" >> ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}/.my.cnf
+    echo "database=${MYSQL_DATABASE}" >> ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}/.my.cnf
+
+    for f in /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/*; do
+      if [ -e "$f" ]; then
+        case "$f" in
+          *.sh)     echo "$0: running $f"; . "$f" ;;
+          *.sql)    echo "$0: running $f"; cat $f| envsubst | tee | mysql -u root -p${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}; echo ;;
+          *)        echo "$0: ignoring $f" ;;
+        esac
+      fi
+    done
+
+    if ! kill -s TERM "$pid" || ! wait "$pid"; then
+      echo >&2 'MySQL init process failed.'
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+  fi
+
+  echo "done, now starting daemon"
+  touch /tmp/mysql-init-complete
+
+fi
diff --git a/images/mysql/my.cnf b/images/mysql/my.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad6e18b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/mysql/my.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# The following options will be passed to all mysql clients
+[client]
+port            = 3306
+socket          = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
+
+# Here follows entries for some specific programs
+
+# The mysql server
+[mysqld]
+authentication_policy = "${MYSQL_AUTHENTICATION_PLUGIN:-mysql_native_password},,"
+binlog_expire_logs_seconds = 864000
+character_set_server = ${MYSQL_CHARSET:-utf8mb4}
+collation_server = ${MYSQL_COLLATION:-utf8mb4_bin}
+datadir = ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}
+innodb_buffer_pool_size = ${MYSQL_INNODB_BUFFER_POOL_SIZE:-256M}
+innodb_force_recovery = ${{MYSQL_INNODB_FORCE_RECOVER:-0}
+innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 0
+innodb_log_buffer_size = 32M
+innodb_redo_log_capacity = 134217728
+join_buffer_size = 2M
+key_buffer_size = 16M
+max_allowed_packet = ${MYSQL_MAX_ALLOWED_PACKET:-64M}
+max_connections = 400
+max_heap_table_size = 512M
+myisam_recover_options = BACKUP
+optimizer_search_depth = 0
+port = 3306
+secure_file_priv = ""
+skip_external_locking = 1
+skip_name_resolve = 1
+socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
+# This setting has impacts on the number of open file descriptors. The mysqld
+# `open_files_limit` should not exceed the OS `max_open_files` of 1,048,576. The
+# formula for `open_files_limit` is:
+# (table_open_cache * 2) * table_open_cache_instances + (max_connections + ?)
+# ? is a "head room" number. A fresh db requires 51, below will allow for 208.
+table_open_cache = 65498
+thread_cache_size = 8
+thread_stack = 256K
+tmp_table_size = 512M
+tmpdir = /tmp
+transaction_isolation = READ-COMMITTED
+wait_timeout = ${MYSQL_WAIT_TIMEOUT:-28800}
+
+[mysqld-8.4]
+mysql_native_password = ON
+
+!includedir /etc/mysql/conf.d
diff --git a/images/mysql/mysql-backup.sh b/images/mysql/mysql-backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4a81e742b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/mysql/mysql-backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#==============================================================================
+#TITLE:            mysql_backup.sh
+#DESCRIPTION:      script for automating the daily mysql backups on development computer
+#AUTHOR:           tleish
+#DATE:             2013-12-20
+#VERSION:          0.4
+#USAGE:            ./mysql_backup.sh
+#CRON:
+  # example cron for daily db backup @ 9:15 am
+  # min  hr mday month wday command
+  # 15   9  *    *     *    /Users/[your user name]/scripts/mysql_backup.sh
+
+#RESTORE FROM BACKUP
+  #$ gunzip < [backupfile.sql.gz] | mysql -u [uname] -p[pass] [dbname]
+
+#==============================================================================
+# CUSTOM SETTINGS
+#==============================================================================
+
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+# directory to put the backup files
+BACKUP_DIR=${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}/backup
+
+# MYSQL Parameters
+MYSQL_USER=${MYSQL_USER:-lagoon}
+MYSQL_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_PASSWORD:-lagoon}
+
+MYSQL_HOST=$1
+
+# Don't backup databases with these names
+# Example: starts with mysql (^mysql) or ends with _schema (_schema$)
+IGNORE_DB="(^mysql|_schema$)"
+
+# Number of days to keep backups
+KEEP_BACKUPS_FOR=4 #days
+
+#==============================================================================
+# METHODS
+#==============================================================================
+
+# YYYY-MM-DD_HHMMSS
+TIMESTAMP=$(date +%F_%H%M%S)
+
+function prepare()
+{
+  mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIR
+}
+
+function delete_old_backups()
+{
+  echo "Deleting $BACKUP_DIR/*.sql.gz older than $KEEP_BACKUPS_FOR days"
+  find $BACKUP_DIR -type f -name "*.sql.gz" -mtime +$KEEP_BACKUPS_FOR -exec rm {} \;
+}
+
+function mysql_login() {
+  cmd="-u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST"
+  if [ -n "$MYSQL_PASSWORD" ]; then
+    cmd="$cmd -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD"
+  fi
+  echo $cmd
+}
+
+function database_list() {
+  local show_databases_sql="SHOW DATABASES WHERE \`Database\` NOT REGEXP '$IGNORE_DB'"
+  echo $(mysql $(mysql_login) -e "$show_databases_sql"|awk -F " " '{if (NR!=1) print $1}')
+}
+
+function echo_status(){
+  printf '\r';
+  printf ' %0.s' {0..100}
+  printf '\r';
+  printf "$1"'\r'
+}
+
+function backup_database(){
+    backup_file="$BACKUP_DIR/$TIMESTAMP.$database.sql.gz"
+    output="${output}${database} => $backup_file\n"
+    echo_status "...backing up $count of $total databases: $database"
+    $(mysqldump --max-allowed-packet=500M --events --routines --quick --add-locks --no-autocommit --single-transaction $(mysql_login) $database | gzip -9 > $backup_file)
+}
+
+function backup_databases(){
+  local databases=$(database_list)
+  local total=$(echo $databases | wc -w | xargs)
+  local output=""
+  local count=1
+  for database in $databases; do
+    backup_database
+    local count=$((count+1))
+  done
+  echo -ne $output
+}
+
+function hr(){
+  printf '=%.0s' {1..100}
+  printf "\n"
+}
+
+#==============================================================================
+# RUN SCRIPT
+#==============================================================================
+prepare
+delete_old_backups
+hr
+backup_databases
+hr
+printf "All backed up!\n\n"
diff --git a/images/mysql/root/usr/share/container-scripts/mysql/readiness-probe.sh b/images/mysql/root/usr/share/container-scripts/mysql/readiness-probe.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ea6747a94
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+++ b/images/mysql/root/usr/share/container-scripts/mysql/readiness-probe.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# mysqld readinessProbe for use in kubernetes
+#
+
+mysql --defaults-file=${MYSQL_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/mysql}/.my.cnf -e"SHOW DATABASES;"
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  exit 1
+else
+  exit 0
+fi