diff --git a/extras/docker/Dockerfile b/extras/docker/Dockerfile
index 9db256ea17..f91fa55d1b 100644
--- a/extras/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/extras/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -20,22 +20,30 @@ RUN cd /tmp/pandorafms/pandora_agents/unix && \
 # Set the server's name in Apache's configuration file to avoid warnings.
 RUN sed -i "s/#ServerName.*/ServerName localhost:80/" /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
 
+COPY my.cnf /etc/my.cnf
+
 # Install the Pandora FMS Console.
-RUN service mysqld start && \
-/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password "$DB_PASS" && \
-service httpd start && \
-cp -r /tmp/pandorafms/pandora_console /var/www/html && \
-chown -R apache.apache /var/www/html/pandora_console/ && \
-python /tmp/pandorafms/tests/install_console.py
+RUN rm -rf /var/lib/mysql && mkdir -p /var/lib/mysql && \
+    mkdir -p /var/log/mysql/ && chown mysql. /var/log/mysql && \
+    chown mysql. -R /var/lib/mysql && \
+    sudo -u mysql mysqld --initialize --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp && \
+    sudo -u mysql mysqld --daemonize & \
+    sleep 15 && \
+    mysql_default_pass=$(cat /var/log/mysql/mysqld.log | grep "temporary password" | awk '{print $NF}')  && \
+    mysqladmin -u root -p"$mysql_default_pass" --user=root password 'pandora' && \
+    httpd -k start && \
+    cp -r /tmp/pandorafms/pandora_console /var/www/html && \
+    chown -R apache.apache /var/www/html/pandora_console/ && \
+    python /tmp/pandorafms/tests/install_console.py
 
 # Redirect HTTP requests to / to the Pandora FMS Console.
 RUN echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=/pandora_console">' > /var/www/html/index.html
 
 # Create the entrypoint script.
 RUN echo -e '#/bin/bash\n \
-service mysqld start &&\n \
-service httpd start &&\n \
-service crond start &&\n \
+sudo -u mysql mysqld --daemonize &&\n \
+httpd -k start &&\n \
+/usr/sbin/crond &&\n \
 /etc/init.d/pandora_agent_daemon start && \
 /etc/init.d/pandora_server start && \
 tail -f /var/log/pandora/pandora_server.log' \
diff --git a/extras/docker/my.cnf b/extras/docker/my.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e39bd8fea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extras/docker/my.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+[mysqld]
+pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
+log-error=/var/log/mysql/mysqld.log
+datadir=/var/lib/mysql
+socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
+user=mysql
+character-set-server=UTF8MB4
+skip-character-set-client-handshake
+# Mysql optimizations for Pandora FMS
+# Please check the documentation in http://pandorafms.com for better results
+
+max_allowed_packet = 32M
+innodb_buffer_pool_size = 256M
+innodb_lock_wait_timeout = 120
+innodb_file_per_table
+innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 2
+innodb_flush_method = O_DIRECT
+innodb_log_file_size = 64M
+innodb_log_buffer_size = 16M
+#innodb_io_capacity = 100
+#thread_cache_size = 8
+thread_stack = 256K
+max_connections = 130
+
+key_buffer_size=128K
+read_buffer_size=128K
+read_rnd_buffer_size=128K
+sort_buffer_size=256K
+join_buffer_size=2M
+
+sql_mode=""
+
+# testing
+#innodb_lru_scan_depth = 256
+#innodb_page_cleaners = 8
+#innodb_buffer_pool_instances = 4
+
+skip_name_resolve
+innodb=1
+thread_cache_size = 120
+table_definition_cache = 4000
+table_open_cache = 4000
+
+[mysqld_safe]
+log-error=/var/log/mysql/mysqld.log
+pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid