diff --git a/container_files/bin/configure_mysql.sh b/container_files/bin/configure_mysql.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10d0b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container_files/bin/configure_mysql.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Licensed to the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development,
+# Inc. (UCAID) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the
+# NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+# copyright ownership. The UCAID licenses this file to You under the Apache
+# License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+# compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+log=/opt/log/configure_mysql.log
+
+date >> $log
+echo "Starting Database connection  with $MYSQL_DATABASE" >> $log
+if [ -z ${COMPOSE+x} ]; then
+    echo "Comanage is not compsoed, no mariadb database are needed" >> $log 
+else
+    echo "Testing connectivy to database $MYSQL_DATABASE before continue with install" >> $log
+    mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD -h "$MYSQL_HOST" -e "use $MYSQL_DATABASE; show tables;"
+    laststatus="$?"
+    echo "checking connectivity" >> $log
+    while [ "$laststatus" != "0" ]; do
+      mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD -h "$MYSQL_HOST" -e "use $MYSQL_DATABASE; show tables;"
+      laststatus="$?"
+      sleep 5
+      date >> $log
+      echo "Trying to connect to mariadb container with $MYSQL_USER to database $MYSQL_DATABASE" >> $log
+    done
+    echo "Database Connection with $MYSQL_USER to database $MYSQL_DATABASE was completed without any error" >> $log
+    date >> $log
+fi
diff --git a/container_files/bin/main.sh b/container_files/bin/main.sh
index 845b2e0..f5121c3 100755
--- a/container_files/bin/main.sh
+++ b/container_files/bin/main.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ echo "" >> $log
 if [ -e "/tmp/firsttimerunning" ]; then
 
     set -e
-    
+
     /opt/bin/configure.sh >> $log
 
     /opt/bin/cleanup.sh >> $log