mssql product key cannot be applied for mssql docker

[Asiri Wijayawardana]

Hi All,

I need to install mssql docker in ubuntu.
I tried developer mode, standard mode and I can see that it is perfectly added.
But when I tried to add the product key in MSSQL_PID environment variable, docker status is shown as Exited.
I have run the command as follows. This Product Key is for MSSQL Standard.

sudo docker run -e "ACCEPT_EULA=Y" -e "MSSQL_PID=A1234-B5678-C9012-D3456-E7890" -e "SA_PASSWORD=TestPassword"
-p 1433:1433 --name sql1 --hostname sql1
-d mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest

I would be appreciate if someone can mention whether is there is wrong in the above command?

[Stephano Vogel]

Please check my answer in this issue.
In short: It works, but your command to run the container does not satisfy SQL Server's requirements.

1. SA_PASSWORD is deprecated, switch to MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD
2. The password has to satisfy some requirements:

The password must be at least 8 characters long and contain characters from three of the following four sets: Uppercase letters, Lowercase letters, Base 10 digits, and Symbols..

So this command should do it (given that the Product Key provided for MSSQL_PID is a valid one:
docker run -e MSSQL_PID='A1234-B5678-C9012-D3456-E7890' -e MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD='<YourStrong!Passw0rd>' -e ACCEPT_EULA=Y -p 1433:1433 --name sql1 --hostname sql1 -d mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest