Access to mysql container from other container

Question

I have setup docker container with mysql that expose 3306. I\'ve specified database user, database password and create a test db and give the privileges to new user.
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Answer 1

You need to link your docker containers together with --link flag in docker run command or using link feature in docker-compose. For instance:

docker run -d -name app-container-name --link mysql-container-name app-image-name

In this way docker will add the IP address of the mysql container into /etc/hosts file of your application container. For a complete document refer to: MySQL Docker Containers: Understanding the basics