docker-compose : Why agent & app service fail due to hostname?

Question

Below is the working docker-compose file in v2 spec:

version: \'2\'

volumes:
  webroot:
    driver: local


services:
  app: # Launch uwsgi application server
          


        

Answer 1

If you want to reference the service by another name you can use network alias. Modified compose file to use network alias

version: '2'

volumes:
  webroot:
    driver: local


services:
  app: # Launch uwsgi application server
    build:
      context: ../../
      dockerfile: docker/release/Dockerfile
    links:
      - dbc
    volumes:
      - webroot:/var/www/someapp
    environment:
      DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: someapp.settings.release
      MYSQL_HOST: dbc
      MYSQL_USER: todo
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: passwd
    command:
      - uwsgi
      - "--socket /var/www/someapp/someapp.sock"
      - "--chmod-socket=666"
      - "--module someapp.wsgi"
      - "--master"
      - "--die-on-term"
    networks:
      new:
        aliases:
          - myapp  

  test: # Run acceptance test cases
    image: shamdockerhub/someapp-specs
    links:
      - nginx
    environment:
      URL: http://nginx:8000/todos
      JUNIT_REPORT_PATH: /reports/acceptance.xml
      JUNIT_REPORT_STACK: 1
    command: --reporter mocha-jenkins-reporter
    networks:
      - new


  nginx: # Start nginx web server that forwards https packets to uwsgi server
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile.nginx
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    links:
      - app
    volumes:
      - webroot:/var/www/someapp
    networks:
      - new 

  dbc: # Launch MySQL server
    image: mysql:5.6
    hostname: dbr
    expose:
      - "3306"
    environment:
      MYSQL_DATABASE: someapp
      MYSQL_USER: todo
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: passwd
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: passwd
    networks:
      new:
        aliases:
          - dbr  

  agent: # Ensure DB server is runnin
    image: shamdockerhub/ansible
    links:
      - dbc
    environment:
      PROBE_HOST: "dbc"
      PROBE_PORT: "3306"
    command: ["probe.yml"]
    networks:
      - new

networks:
  new: