# Wasm workloads — Running a multi-service application with Wasm

> Networking works the same as you'd expect with Linux containers, giving you the flexibility to combine Wasm applications with other containerized workloads, such as a database, in a single application stack.

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Networking works the same as you'd expect with Linux containers, giving you the flexibility to combine Wasm applications with other containerized workloads, such as a database, in a single application stack.

In the following example, the Wasm application leverages a MariaDB database running in a container.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ git clone https://github.com/second-state/microservice-rust-mysql.git
   Cloning into 'microservice-rust-mysql'...
   remote: Enumerating objects: 75, done.
   remote: Counting objects: 100% (75/75), done.
   remote: Compressing objects: 100% (42/42), done.
   remote: Total 75 (delta 29), reused 48 (delta 14), pack-reused 0
   Receiving objects: 100% (75/75), 19.09 KiB | 1.74 MiB/s, done.
   Resolving deltas: 100% (29/29), done.
```

Navigate into the cloned project and start the project using Docker Compose.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ cd microservice-rust-mysql
   $ docker compose up
   [+] Running 0/1
   ⠿ server Warning                                                                                                  0.4s
   [+] Building 4.8s (13/15)
   ...
   microservice-rust-mysql-db-1      | 2022-10-19 19:54:45 0 [Note] mariadbd: ready for connections.
   microservice-rust-mysql-db-1      | Version: '10.9.3-MariaDB-1:10.9.3+maria~ubu2204'  socket: '/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'  port: 3306  mariadb.org binary distribution
```

If you run docker image ls from another terminal window, you can see the Wasm image in your image store.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ docker image ls
   REPOSITORY   TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED         SIZE
   server       latest    2c798ddecfa1   2 minutes ago   3MB
```

Inspecting the image shows the image has a wasi/wasm platform, a combination of OS and architecture

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ docker image inspect server | grep -A 3 "Architecture"
           "Architecture": "wasm",
           "Os": "wasi",
           "Size": 3001146,
           "VirtualSize": 3001146,
```

Open the URL in a browser and create a few sample orders. All of these are interacting with the Wasm server. …

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