Boss: here you go 3 tasks for your sprint

Days later with local server and db still not connecting on docker.

Boss: ya can we add a task on jira and get that fixed as soon as possible and see why its not working(feature doesnt work)

Me: you got it boss.

Me(in head): How am i ever going to finish my sprint for next Friday...

Need some help with getting that set up in docker? What's happening?

@alexbrooklyn my php docker container using an .env file wont connect to my mongodb in another environment. Im thinking cause its binded to 0.0.0.0 i should bind it to 127.0.0.1 in the docker compose. Any suggestions?

@tyler1338 First thing I'd do is throw out the .env file and switch to environment variables

But you both run them in docker-compose right? Are they both connected in a network? Does the mongodb have an open port with expose ?

What address do you use in the php container to connect to the mongodb container?

@alexbrooklyn i can connect to the container using localhost from my machine but when it comes to the other container connecting it doesnt work.

@tyler1338 Yep, that makes perfect sense.

You see, a container has its own network, so using 'localhost' inside a container will point to the same container, so itself.

Docker and docker-compoes have a great way of connecting containers and that is using the service name of the container you want to connect to.

For example:
---------------------------
networks:
database: ~

services:
mongodb:
image: ...
network:
- database
[...]

php:
image ...
network:
- database
[...]

-----------------------

Then you can replace 'localhost' in your php container with 'mongodb'.

Also, I really advice to delete the .env file, it makes your container inflexible, opposed to environment variables that allow you to configure stuff from the outside.

@alexbrooklyn thanks a lot for the help its working!!!

Wow. So devrant works multiple ways. Super cool!

"Ill add it to the backlog and consider it in the next sprint".