diff --git a/ops/packer/README.md b/ops/packer/README.md
index 2715d4b1..6f534228 100644
--- a/ops/packer/README.md
+++ b/ops/packer/README.md
@@ -31,11 +31,22 @@ Usage
 
 ### Docker
 
-Spin up an Iris instance and connect to existing MySQL DB:
+Set up mysql DB (if needed). 5.6 will work out-of-box. 5.7 requires a change to `SQL_MODE` to
+remove `ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY` (set `TRUE` as default for 5.7+). Find the IP address of the docker
+container using docker inspect.
+```bash
+docker run --name iris_mysql -d -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=admin mysql:5.6
+export DB_IP_ADDRESS=$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' iris_mysql)
+```
+
+Spin up an Iris instance and connect to existing MySQL DB. Make sure user and password are
+configure to match your MySQL setup (here, root:admin). These credentials should be changed
+for non-toy deployments. If you're not using the container spun up in the previous paragraph,
+replace `$DB_IP_ADDRESS` with the IP of your database host.
 
 ```bash
 docker run -d -e DOCKER_DB_BOOTSTRAP=1 \
-	-e IRIS_CFG_DB_USER=root -e IRIS_CFG_DB_PASSWORD=admin -e IRIS_CFG_DB_HOST=IP_ADDRESS \
+	-e IRIS_CFG_DB_USER=root -e IRIS_CFG_DB_PASSWORD=admin -e IRIS_CFG_DB_HOST=$DB_IP_ADDRESS \
 	--name iris -p 16649:16649 \
 	quay.io/iris/iris:latest
 ```
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 86f1ec6d..1179f674 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         'beaker==1.10.0',
         'cryptography==2.3',
         'webassets==0.12.1',
-        'python-ldap==2.4.9',
+        'python-ldap==3.1.0',
         'exchangelib==1.10.0',
         'setproctitle==1.1.8',
         'pyfcm==1.4.3',