diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile.seed b/.docker/Dockerfile.seed
index 381d99f3..08c09357 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile.seed
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile.seed
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/dpc-sdp/bay/mariadb:6.x 
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=ghcr.io/dpc-sdp/bay/mariadb:6.x
+FROM $BASE_IMAGE
 
 ARG DATA_DIR=/tmp/data
 
@@ -7,8 +8,7 @@ COPY $DATA_DIR /var/lib/mysql
 USER root
 
 RUN chown -R mysql /var/lib/mysql \
-    && chgrp -R mysql /var/lib/mysql \
-    && /bin/fix-permissions /var/lib/mysql
+    && chgrp -R mysql /var/lib/mysql
 
 USER mysql
 ENV MARIADB_INIT_WAIT_SECONDS=80
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_db_trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/run_db_trigger.yml
index c6086b4f..a411a842 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_db_trigger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_db_trigger.yml
@@ -146,16 +146,120 @@ jobs:
           annotations: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.annotations }}
           push: true
 
+  export-db-mysql:
+    runs-on: ${{ inputs.runner }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      id-token: write
+    env:
+      REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+      IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}/mysql
+      TMP_DATA_DIR: data
+      DB_FILE: db.sql
+    steps:
+      - name: Start the database container
+        id: container
+        run: |
+          CONTAINER_ID=$(docker run -d -e "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.DB_IMAGE_MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD }}" ghcr.io/dpc-sdp/bay/mysql:6.x)
+          sleep 30
+          echo "id=$CONTAINER_ID" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Configure AWS actions
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: ap-southeast-2
+
+      - name: Download the database
+        run: aws s3 cp ${{ inputs.s3_uri }} "${{ env.DB_FILE }}"
+
+      - name: Import the database into the running container
+        run: |
+          echo 'create database if not exists drupal;' | docker exec -i "${{ steps.container.outputs.id }}" /usr/bin/mysql -u root -p${{ secrets.DB_IMAGE_MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD }}
+          cat "${{ env.DB_FILE }}" | docker exec -i "${{ steps.container.outputs.id }}" /usr/bin/mysql -u root -p${{ secrets.DB_IMAGE_MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD }} drupal
+
+      - name: Verify database is available
+        run: |
+          if docker exec -i "${{ steps.container.outputs.id }}" /usr/bin/mysql -u root -p${{ secrets.DB_IMAGE_MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD }} -e "show tables;" drupal | grep -q users; then
+            echo "Database import successfully"
+          else
+            echo "Database was not imported successfully"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Gracefully shutdown the intermediary container
+        run: docker exec -i "${{ steps.container.outputs.id }}" mysqladmin -u root -p${{ secrets.DB_IMAGE_MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD }} shutdown
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Copy database files out of the intermediary container
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p "${{ env.TMP_DATA_DIR }}"
+          docker cp "${{ steps.container.outputs.id }}":/var/lib/mysql/. "${{ env.TMP_DATA_DIR }}/"
+          ls -la "${{ env.TMP_DATA_DIR }}"
+
+      - name: Verify the data directory
+        run: |
+          if [ -d "${{ env.TMP_DATA_DIR }}/mysql" ]; then
+            echo "Files exist on the host"
+          else
+            ls -la "${{ env.TMP_DATA_DIR }}"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Download the DB image dockerfile
+        run: curl -o Dockerfile.seed https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dpc-sdp/github-actions/feature/mysql-db-image/.docker/Dockerfile.seed
+
+      # Login against a Docker registry except on PR
+      # https://github.com/docker/login-action
+      - name: Log into registry ghcr.io
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+
+      # Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+      # https://github.com/docker/metadata-action
+      - name: Extract Docker metadata
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=branch
+
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Build and push the database image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          file: Dockerfile.seed
+          context: .
+          build-args: |
+            DATA_DIR=${{ env.TMP_DATA_DIR }}
+            BASE_IMAGE=ghcr.io/dpc-sdp/bay/mysql:6.x
+          tags: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          annotations: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.annotations }}
+          push: true
+
   notify_slack:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [export-db]
+    needs: [export-db, export-db-mysql]
     if: ${{ always() }}
     steps:
       - name: Send Notification to Slack on Failure
-        if: ${{ needs.export-db.result == 'failure' }}
+        if: ${{ needs.export-db.result == 'failure' || needs.export-db-mysql.result == 'failure' }}
         uses: 8398a7/action-slack@v3
         with:
-          status: ${{ needs.export-db.result }}
+          status: failure
           text: 'Attention: The db-trigger workflow has FAILED in project "${{ inputs.project }}" for repo "${{ github.repository }}"!'
           fields: 'project: ${{ inputs.project }}, repo: ${{ github.repository }}'
           mention: 'here'