Connect to MySQL on localhost from Docker container

Question

I have mysql running on my localhost I can connect it by running:

mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -P 3306 -u root -p

I also ran docker container with co

Answer 1

Use the default route. For example:

~# ip route show | grep "default" | awk '{print $3}'
172.18.0.1

then

mysql -h 172.18.0.1 -P 3306 -u root -p

if you need to automate that, let's say, use that IP on a shell script, send it to a shell script, take it as:

host=$(ip route show | grep \"default\" | awk '{print $3}' | xargs echo -n)

then you have the host ip addr on $host