diff --git a/build/docker/api/application.conf b/build/docker/api/application.conf
index 52c88423a..73208b9c3 100644
--- a/build/docker/api/application.conf
+++ b/build/docker/api/application.conf
@@ -176,15 +176,15 @@ vinyldns {
       # assumes a docker or mysql instance running locally
       name = "vinyldns"
       name = ${?DATABASE_NAME}
-      driver = "org.h2.Driver"
+      driver = "org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver"
       driver = ${?JDBC_DRIVER}
-      migration-url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      migration-url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/?user=root&password=pass"
       migration-url = ${?JDBC_MIGRATION_URL}
-      url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/vinyldns?user=root&password=pass"
       url = ${?JDBC_URL}
-      user = "sa"
+      user = "root"
       user = ${?JDBC_USER}
-      password = ""
+      password = "pass"
       password = ${?JDBC_PASSWORD}
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/api/src/it/resources/application.conf b/modules/api/src/it/resources/application.conf
index 52c88423a..73208b9c3 100644
--- a/modules/api/src/it/resources/application.conf
+++ b/modules/api/src/it/resources/application.conf
@@ -176,15 +176,15 @@ vinyldns {
       # assumes a docker or mysql instance running locally
       name = "vinyldns"
       name = ${?DATABASE_NAME}
-      driver = "org.h2.Driver"
+      driver = "org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver"
       driver = ${?JDBC_DRIVER}
-      migration-url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      migration-url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/?user=root&password=pass"
       migration-url = ${?JDBC_MIGRATION_URL}
-      url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/vinyldns?user=root&password=pass"
       url = ${?JDBC_URL}
-      user = "sa"
+      user = "root"
       user = ${?JDBC_USER}
-      password = ""
+      password = "pass"
       password = ${?JDBC_PASSWORD}
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/api/src/main/resources/application.conf b/modules/api/src/main/resources/application.conf
index 52c88423a..73208b9c3 100644
--- a/modules/api/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/modules/api/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -176,15 +176,15 @@ vinyldns {
       # assumes a docker or mysql instance running locally
       name = "vinyldns"
       name = ${?DATABASE_NAME}
-      driver = "org.h2.Driver"
+      driver = "org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver"
       driver = ${?JDBC_DRIVER}
-      migration-url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      migration-url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/?user=root&password=pass"
       migration-url = ${?JDBC_MIGRATION_URL}
-      url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/vinyldns?user=root&password=pass"
       url = ${?JDBC_URL}
-      user = "sa"
+      user = "root"
       user = ${?JDBC_USER}
-      password = ""
+      password = "pass"
       password = ${?JDBC_PASSWORD}
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/api/src/test/resources/application.conf b/modules/api/src/test/resources/application.conf
index a57d9e7c2..123ea4220 100644
--- a/modules/api/src/test/resources/application.conf
+++ b/modules/api/src/test/resources/application.conf
@@ -185,15 +185,15 @@ vinyldns {
       # assumes a docker or mysql instance running locally
       name = "vinyldns"
       name = ${?DATABASE_NAME}
-      driver = "org.h2.Driver"
+      driver = "org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver"
       driver = ${?JDBC_DRIVER}
-      migration-url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      migration-url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/?user=root&password=pass"
       migration-url = ${?JDBC_MIGRATION_URL}
-      url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/vinyldns?user=root&password=pass"
       url = ${?JDBC_URL}
-      user = "sa"
+      user = "root"
       user = ${?JDBC_USER}
-      password = ""
+      password = "pass"
       password = ${?JDBC_PASSWORD}
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/api/src/universal/conf/application.conf b/modules/api/src/universal/conf/application.conf
index 52c88423a..73208b9c3 100644
--- a/modules/api/src/universal/conf/application.conf
+++ b/modules/api/src/universal/conf/application.conf
@@ -176,15 +176,15 @@ vinyldns {
       # assumes a docker or mysql instance running locally
       name = "vinyldns"
       name = ${?DATABASE_NAME}
-      driver = "org.h2.Driver"
+      driver = "org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver"
       driver = ${?JDBC_DRIVER}
-      migration-url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      migration-url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/?user=root&password=pass"
       migration-url = ${?JDBC_MIGRATION_URL}
-      url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/vinyldns?user=root&password=pass"
       url = ${?JDBC_URL}
-      user = "sa"
+      user = "root"
       user = ${?JDBC_USER}
-      password = ""
+      password = "pass"
       password = ${?JDBC_PASSWORD}
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/portal/conf/application.conf b/modules/portal/conf/application.conf
index 35c7809e1..f6324fd54 100644
--- a/modules/portal/conf/application.conf
+++ b/modules/portal/conf/application.conf
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LDAP {
     securityAuthentication = ${?LDAP_SECURITY_AUTH}
 
     # Note: The following assumes a purely docker setup, using container_name = vinyldns-ldap
-    providerUrl = "ldap://vinyldns-ldap:19004"
+    providerUrl = "ldap://localhost:19004"
     providerUrl = ${?LDAP_PROVIDER_URL}
   }
 
diff --git a/quickstart/docker-compose.yml b/quickstart/docker-compose.yml
index 3bc99dfa2..8b0b9acbe 100644
--- a/quickstart/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/quickstart/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ services:
   # Integration image hosting r53, sns, sqs, bind, and mysql
   integration:
     container_name: "vinyldns-api-integration"
-    hostname: &integration_hostname "vinyldns-integration"
+    hostname: "vinyldns-integration"
     image: "vinyldns/build:base-test-integration-${VINYLDNS_IMAGE_VERSION}"
     build:
       context: ../
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ services:
         VINYLDNS_BASE_VERSION: "${VINYLDNS_BASE_VERSION}"
     environment:
       RUN_SERVICES: "deps-only tail-logs"
-      LOCALSTACK_EXT_HOSTNAME: *integration_hostname
+      LOCALSTACK_EXT_HOSTNAME: "${LOCALSTACK_EXT_HOSTNAME:-vinyldns-integration}"
     env_file:
       .env
     ports:
diff --git a/quickstart/quickstart-vinyldns.sh b/quickstart/quickstart-vinyldns.sh
index 04bd826e8..9cc6b9da9 100755
--- a/quickstart/quickstart-vinyldns.sh
+++ b/quickstart/quickstart-vinyldns.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ function usage() {
   echo -e "options:"
   echo -e "\t-a, --api-only     do not start up the VinylDNS Portal"
   echo -e "\t-b, --build        force a rebuild of the Docker images with the local code"
-  echo -e "\t-c, --clean        stops all VinylDNS containers"
+  echo -e "\t-c, --clean        stops all VinylDNS containers and exits"
   echo -e "\t-d, --deps-only    only start up the dependencies, not the API or Portal"
-  echo -e "\t-r, --reset        reset any the running containers"
+  echo -e "\t-r, --reset        stops any the running containers before starting new containers"
   echo -e "\t-s, --service      specify the service to run"
   echo -e "\t-t, --timeout      the time to wait (in seconds) for the Portal and API to start (default: 60)"
   echo -e "\t-u, --update       remove the local quickstart images to force a re-pull from Docker Hub"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function usage() {
 }
 
 function wait_for_url() {
-  echo -n "Waiting for ${F_BLUE}$1${F_RESET} at ${URL}.."
+  echo -n "Waiting for ${F_BLUE}$1${F_RESET} at ${URL} .."
   RETRY="$TIMEOUT"
   while [ "$RETRY" -ge 0 ]; do
     echo -n "."
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     shift
     ;;
   -d | --deps-only)
+    export LOCALSTACK_EXT_HOSTNAME="localhost"
     SERVICE="integration ldap"
     shift
     ;;
@@ -153,14 +154,12 @@ fi
 
 # Update images if requested
 if [[ $UPDATE -eq 1 ]]; then
-  echo "${F_YELLOW}Removing any local docker containers tagged ${F_RESET}'${VINYLDNS_IMAGE_VERSION}'${F_YELLOW}...${F_RESET}"
-  "${DIR}/../utils/clean-vinyldns-containers.sh"
+  echo "${F_YELLOW}Removing any running VinylDNS docker containers tagged ${F_RESET}'${VINYLDNS_IMAGE_VERSION}'${F_YELLOW}...${F_RESET}"
+  "${DIR}/../utils/clean-vinyldns-containers.sh"  &> /dev/null || true
 
-  echo "${F_YELLOW}Removing any local docker images tagged ${F_RESET}'${VINYLDNS_IMAGE_VERSION}'${F_YELLOW}...${F_RESET}"
-  docker rmi "vinyldns/build:base-test-integration-${VINYLDNS_IMAGE_VERSION}" &> /dev/null || true
-  docker rmi "vinyldns/portal:${VINYLDNS_IMAGE_VERSION}" &> /dev/null || true
-  docker rmi "vinyldns/api:${VINYLDNS_IMAGE_VERSION}" &> /dev/null || true
-  echo "${F_GREEN}Removed all local docker images and containers tagged ${F_RESET}'${VINYLDNS_IMAGE_VERSION}'${F_YELLOW}...${F_RESET}"
+  echo "${F_YELLOW}Removing any local VinylDNS Docker images tagged ${F_RESET}'${VINYLDNS_IMAGE_VERSION}'${F_YELLOW}...${F_RESET}"
+  docker images -a |grep vinyldns | grep "${VINYLDNS_IMAGE_VERSION}" | awk '{print $3}' | xarg docker rmi &> /dev/null || true
+  echo "${F_GREEN}Successfully removed all local VinylDNS Docker images and running containers tagged ${F_RESET}'${VINYLDNS_IMAGE_VERSION}'${F_YELLOW}...${F_RESET}"
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/test/api/functional/application.conf b/test/api/functional/application.conf
index a79c5cf1b..cd56c482e 100644
--- a/test/api/functional/application.conf
+++ b/test/api/functional/application.conf
@@ -121,15 +121,16 @@ vinyldns {
       # these must be overridden to use MYSQL for production use
       # assumes a docker or mysql instance running locally
       name = "vinyldns"
-      driver = "org.h2.Driver"
+      name = ${?DATABASE_NAME}
+      driver = "org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver"
       driver = ${?JDBC_DRIVER}
-      migration-url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      migration-url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/?user=root&password=pass"
       migration-url = ${?JDBC_MIGRATION_URL}
-      url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/vinyldns?user=root&password=pass"
       url = ${?JDBC_URL}
-      user = "sa"
+      user = "root"
       user = ${?JDBC_USER}
-      password = ""
+      password = "pass"
       password = ${?JDBC_PASSWORD}
       # see https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP
       connection-timeout-millis = 1000
diff --git a/test/api/integration/application.conf b/test/api/integration/application.conf
index d6a7500d5..ac795eef8 100644
--- a/test/api/integration/application.conf
+++ b/test/api/integration/application.conf
@@ -177,15 +177,15 @@ vinyldns {
       # assumes a docker or mysql instance running locally
       name = "vinyldns"
       name = ${?DATABASE_NAME}
-      driver = "org.h2.Driver"
+      driver = "org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver"
       driver = ${?JDBC_DRIVER}
-      migration-url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      migration-url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/?user=root&password=pass"
       migration-url = ${?JDBC_MIGRATION_URL}
-      url = "jdbc:h2:mem:vinyldns;MODE=MYSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DATABASE_TO_LOWER=TRUE;IGNORECASE=TRUE;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'classpath:test/ddl.sql'"
+      url = "jdbc:mariadb://localhost:19002/vinyldns?user=root&password=pass"
       url = ${?JDBC_URL}
-      user = "sa"
+      user = "root"
       user = ${?JDBC_USER}
-      password = ""
+      password = "pass"
       password = ${?JDBC_PASSWORD}
       # see https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP
       connection-timeout-millis = 1000