diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 630e856d..92b6bbd2 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 FASTAPI_BACKEND="uvicorn"
 FASTAPI_WORKERS=2
+MARIADB_SOCKET_DIR="/var/run/mysqld/"
diff --git a/conf/config.dev b/conf/config.dev
index ec0b33dc..b8bd5bdb 100644
--- a/conf/config.dev
+++ b/conf/config.dev
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 backend = mysql
 
 ; If using sqlite, set name to the database file path.
-name = aurweb_test
+name = aurweb
 
 ; MySQL database information. User defaults to root for containerized
 ; testing with mysqldb. This should be set to a non-root user.
-user = root
-;password = non-root-user-password
+user = aur
+password = aur
 host = localhost
 ;port = 3306
 socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.yml b/docker-compose.override.yml
index c0bee88c..26718ac6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
 services:
+  mariadb:
+    image: aurweb:latest
+    init: true
+    entrypoint: /docker/mariadb-entrypoint.sh
+    command: /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
+    ports:
+      # This will expose mariadbd on 127.0.0.1:13306 in the host.
+      # Ex: `mysql -uaur -paur -h 127.0.0.1 -P 13306 aurweb`
+      - "13306:3306"
+    volumes:
+      - mariadb_run:/var/run/mysqld # Bind socket in this volume.
+      - mariadb_data:/var/lib/mysql
+    healthcheck:
+      test: "bash /docker/health/mariadb.sh"
+
+  mariadb_init:
+    depends_on:
+      mariadb:
+        condition: service_healthy
+
   ca:
     volumes:
       - ./cache:/cache
@@ -13,6 +33,9 @@ services:
       - git_data:/aurweb/aur.git
       - ./cache:/cache
       - smartgit_run:/var/run/smartgit
+    depends_on:
+      mariadb:
+        condition: service_healthy
 
   php-fpm:
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index eb75343b..c63d63f5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - git_data:/aurweb/aur.git
       - cache:/cache
+      - ${MARIADB_SOCKET_DIR}:/var/run/mysqld
 
   smartgit:
     volumes:
@@ -19,12 +20,18 @@ services:
   php-fpm:
     volumes:
       - cache:/cache
+      - ${MARIADB_SOCKET_DIR}:/var/run/mysqld
 
   fastapi:
     environment:
       - FASTAPI_BACKEND="gunicorn"
     volumes:
       - cache:/cache
+      - ${MARIADB_SOCKET_DIR}:/var/run/mysqld
+
+  mariadb_init:
+    volumes:
+      - ${MARIADB_SOCKET_DIR}:/var/run/mysqld
 
   nginx:
     volumes:
@@ -34,7 +41,7 @@ services:
       - smartgit_run:/var/run/smartgit
 
 volumes:
-  mariadb_run: {} # Share /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
+  mariadb_run: {} # Share /var/run/mysqld
   mariadb_data: {} # Share /var/lib/mysql
   git_data: {} # Share aurweb/aur.git
   smartgit_run: {}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6f8e0d25..3d1da263 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -48,38 +48,19 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "16379:6379"
 
-  mariadb:
-    image: aurweb:latest
-    init: true
-    entrypoint: /docker/mariadb-entrypoint.sh
-    command: /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
-    ports:
-      # This will expose mariadbd on 127.0.0.1:13306 in the host.
-      # Ex: `mysql -uaur -paur -h 127.0.0.1 -P 13306 aurweb`
-      - "13306:3306"
-    volumes:
-      - mariadb_run:/var/run/mysqld # Bind socket in this volume.
-      - mariadb_data:/var/lib/mysql
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "bash /docker/health/mariadb.sh"
-
   mariadb_init:
     image: aurweb:latest
     init: true
-    environment:
-      - DB_HOST=mariadb
     entrypoint: /docker/mariadb-init-entrypoint.sh
     command: echo "MariaDB tables initialized."
-    depends_on:
-      mariadb:
-        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - mariadb_run:/var/run/mysqld
 
   git:
     image: aurweb:latest
     init: true
     environment:
       - AUR_CONFIG=/aurweb/conf/config
-      - DB_HOST=mariadb
     entrypoint: /docker/git-entrypoint.sh
     command: /docker/scripts/run-sshd.sh
     ports:
@@ -89,6 +70,8 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       mariadb_init:
         condition: service_started
+    volumes:
+      - mariadb_run:/var/run/mysqld
 
   smartgit:
     image: aurweb:latest
@@ -99,9 +82,6 @@ services:
     command: /docker/scripts/run-smartgit.sh
     healthcheck:
       test: "bash /docker/health/smartgit.sh"
-    depends_on:
-      mariadb:
-        condition: service_healthy
 
   cgit-php:
     image: aurweb:latest
@@ -138,7 +118,6 @@ services:
     init: true
     environment:
       - AUR_CONFIG=/aurweb/conf/config
-      - DB_HOST=mariadb
     entrypoint: /docker/php-entrypoint.sh
     command: /docker/scripts/run-php.sh
     healthcheck:
@@ -150,6 +129,8 @@ services:
         condition: service_healthy
       memcached:
         condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - mariadb_run:/var/run/mysqld
     ports:
       - "19000:9000"
 
@@ -158,7 +139,6 @@ services:
     init: true
     environment:
       - AUR_CONFIG=conf/config
-      - DB_HOST=mariadb
       - FASTAPI_WORKERS=${FASTAPI_WORKERS}
     entrypoint: /docker/fastapi-entrypoint.sh
     command: /docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh "${FASTAPI_BACKEND}"
@@ -171,6 +151,8 @@ services:
         condition: service_healthy
       redis:
         condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - mariadb_run:/var/run/mysqld
     ports:
       - "18000:8000"
 
@@ -228,7 +210,6 @@ services:
     init: true
     environment:
       - AUR_CONFIG=conf/config
-      - DB_HOST=mariadb
     entrypoint: /docker/test-mysql-entrypoint.sh
     command: /docker/scripts/run-pytests.sh clean
     stdin_open: true
@@ -237,6 +218,7 @@ services:
       mariadb_init:
         condition: service_started
     volumes:
+      - mariadb_run:/var/run/mysqld
       - git_data:/aurweb/aur.git
       - ./cache:/cache
       - ./aurweb:/aurweb/aurweb
@@ -274,7 +256,6 @@ services:
     init: true
     environment:
       - AUR_CONFIG=conf/config
-      - DB_HOST=mariadb
     entrypoint: /docker/tests-entrypoint.sh
     command: setup-sqlite.sh run-tests.sh
     stdin_open: true
@@ -283,6 +264,7 @@ services:
       mariadb_init:
         condition: service_started
     volumes:
+      - mariadb_run:/var/run/mysqld
       - git_data:/aurweb/aur.git
       - ./cache:/cache
       - ./aurweb:/aurweb/aurweb
diff --git a/docker/fastapi-entrypoint.sh b/docker/fastapi-entrypoint.sh
index 3829b0bf..9dba5562 100755
--- a/docker/fastapi-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/fastapi-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eou pipefail
 
-[[ -z "$DB_HOST" ]] && echo 'Error: $DB_HOST required but missing.' && exit 1
-
-DB_NAME="aurweb"
-DB_USER="aur"
-DB_PASS="aur"
-
 # Setup a config for our mysql db.
 cp -vf conf/config.dev conf/config
 sed -i "s;YOUR_AUR_ROOT;$(pwd);g" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^(name) = .+/\1 = ${DB_NAME}/" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^(host) = .+/\1 = ${DB_HOST}/" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^(user) = .+/\1 = ${DB_USER}/" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^;?(password) = .+/\1 = ${DB_PASS}/" conf/config
 
 sed -ri "s;^(aur_location) = .+;\1 = https://localhost:8444;" conf/config
 
diff --git a/docker/git-entrypoint.sh b/docker/git-entrypoint.sh
index f07a5577..3fee426a 100755
--- a/docker/git-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/git-entrypoint.sh
@@ -38,18 +38,9 @@ Match User aur
     AcceptEnv AUR_OVERWRITE
 EOF
 
-DB_NAME="aurweb"
-DB_HOST="mariadb"
-DB_USER="aur"
-DB_PASS="aur"
-
 # Setup a config for our mysql db.
 cp -vf conf/config.dev $AUR_CONFIG
 sed -i "s;YOUR_AUR_ROOT;$(pwd);g" $AUR_CONFIG
-sed -ri "s/^(name) = .+/\1 = ${DB_NAME}/" $AUR_CONFIG
-sed -ri "s/^(host) = .+/\1 = ${DB_HOST}/" $AUR_CONFIG
-sed -ri "s/^(user) = .+/\1 = ${DB_USER}/" $AUR_CONFIG
-sed -ri "s/^;?(password) = .+/\1 = ${DB_PASS}/" $AUR_CONFIG
 
 AUR_CONFIG_DEFAULTS="${AUR_CONFIG}.defaults"
 
diff --git a/docker/mariadb-init-entrypoint.sh b/docker/mariadb-init-entrypoint.sh
index 4cd6f46c..413227b9 100755
--- a/docker/mariadb-init-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/mariadb-init-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eou pipefail
 
-[[ -z "$DB_HOST" ]] && echo 'Error: $DB_HOST required but missing.' && exit 1
-
-DB_NAME="aurweb"
-DB_USER="aur"
-DB_PASS="aur"
-
 # Setup a config for our mysql db.
 cp -vf conf/config.dev conf/config
 sed -i "s;YOUR_AUR_ROOT;$(pwd);g" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^(name) = .+/\1 = ${DB_NAME}/" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^(host) = .+/\1 = ${DB_HOST}/" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^(user) = .+/\1 = ${DB_USER}/" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^;?(password) = .+/\1 = ${DB_PASS}/" conf/config
 
 python -m aurweb.initdb 2>/dev/null || /bin/true
 
diff --git a/docker/php-entrypoint.sh b/docker/php-entrypoint.sh
index 8fda1830..5292fa93 100755
--- a/docker/php-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/php-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eou pipefail
 
-[[ -z "$DB_HOST" ]] && echo 'Error: $DB_HOST required but missing.' && exit 1
-
-DB_NAME="aurweb"
-DB_USER="aur"
-DB_PASS="aur"
-
 # Setup a config for our mysql db.
 cp -vf conf/config.dev conf/config
 sed -i "s;YOUR_AUR_ROOT;$(pwd);g" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^(name) = .+/\1 = ${DB_NAME}/" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^(host) = .+/\1 = ${DB_HOST}/" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^(user) = .+/\1 = ${DB_USER}/" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^;?(password) = .+/\1 = ${DB_PASS}/" conf/config
 
 sed -ri "s;^(aur_location) = .+;\1 = https://localhost:8443;" conf/config
 
diff --git a/docker/test-mysql-entrypoint.sh b/docker/test-mysql-entrypoint.sh
index 9594318f..7be3626b 100755
--- a/docker/test-mysql-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/test-mysql-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eou pipefail
 
-[[ -z "$DB_HOST" ]] && echo 'Error: $DB_HOST required but missing.' && exit 1
-
 DB_NAME="aurweb_test"
-DB_USER="aur"
-DB_PASS="aur"
 
 # Setup a config for our mysql db.
 cp -vf conf/config.dev conf/config
 sed -i "s;YOUR_AUR_ROOT;$(pwd);g" conf/config
 sed -ri "s/^(name) = .+/\1 = ${DB_NAME}/" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^(host) = .+/\1 = ${DB_HOST}/" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^(user) = .+/\1 = ${DB_USER}/" conf/config
-sed -ri "s/^;?(password) = .+/\1 = ${DB_PASS}/" conf/config
 
 # The port can be excluded from use if properly using
 # volumes to share the mysql socket from the mariadb service.