Connect docker container to local workbench MySQL DB

Question

HI I have my web app running on my local machine and connected to Mysql workbench, I am now trying to dockerize the webapp. I can\'t seem to get it to conne

Answer 1

As mentioned on this post, you can try 2 things:

1. Add gateway and use it from containers, like

docker network create -d bridge --subnet 192.168.0.0/24 --gateway 192.168.0.1 dockernet

3. In addition to your app container, run proxy (ngnix?) container, which will rout the calls to DB when required

This answer also show how can you obtain the host IP inside the docker container.