diff --git a/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/my.cnf b/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/my.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b329808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/my.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# The MariaDB configuration file
+# 
+# The MariaDB/MySQL tools read configuration files in the following order:
+# 0. "/etc/mysql/my.cnf" symlinks to this file, reason why all the rest is read.
+# 1. "/etc/mysql/mariadb.cnf" (this file) to set global defaults,
+# 2. "/etc/mysql/conf.d/*.cnf" to set global options.
+# 3. "/etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/*.cnf" to set MariaDB-only options.
+# 4. "~/.my.cnf" to set user-specific options.
+#
+# If the same option is defined multiple times, the last one will apply.
+#
+# One can use all long options that the program supports.
+# Run program with --help to get a list of available options and with
+# --print-defaults to see which it would actually understand and use.
+#
+# If you are new to MariaDB, check out https://mariadb.com/kb/en/basic-mariadb-articles/
+
+#
+# This group is read both by the client and the server
+# use it for options that affect everything
+#
+[client-server]
+# Port or socket location where to connect
+# port = 3306
+socket = /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
+
+# Import all .cnf files from configuration directory
+[mariadbd]
+skip-host-cache
+skip-name-resolve
+skip-grant-tables
+
+!includedir /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/
+!includedir /etc/mysql/conf.d/
diff --git a/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/sec_bootstrap b/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/sec_bootstrap
index a2b3c41..105135d 100755
--- a/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/sec_bootstrap
+++ b/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/sec_bootstrap
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ case $ROLE in
 
         # Auto update default host file in background and dumb all output
         auto_update_hosts "${HOSTNAMES}" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
-
 	   
-	ttyd -p 3787 bash
+	ttyd -p 3787 bash &
+	mariadbd --user=root
            tail -f /dev/null
 
         # Start ssh server
diff --git a/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/swarmlab-sec b/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/swarmlab-sec
index f78a546..dc8dae4 100755
--- a/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/swarmlab-sec
+++ b/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/swarmlab-sec
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - $Wdir/project:/home/docker/project
       - $Wdir/bin/ttyd.x86_64:/usr/bin/ttyd
-      - $Wdir/project/sqldata:/var/lib/mysql
+      - $Wdir/my.cnf:/etc/mysql/my.cnf
 
  
 #  workerservice: