Gatsby + Strapi v4 + MariaDB/MySQL + Docker Create a .env file in the project root folder with these vars: Key Value MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD *** MYSQL_DATABASE *** MYSQL_USER *** MYSQL_PASSWORD *** APP_KEYS Random string API_TOKEN_SALT Random string ADMIN_JWT_SECRET Random string STRAPI_TOKEN Create in Strapi, see below Run docker compose up in the root folder to start the containers Visit http://localhost:1337/ (Strapi) Register, then generate a new "Full access" token in Settings > API Tokens Copy the token to the .env STRAPI_TOKEN var Create a User collection type with an email; add some users Restart Docker Compose Visit http://localhost/ to confirm it all works