Cannot connect postgres service with the web service (Django project)

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Hello fellows, I’m facing a problem with configuration in docker-compose.yml file, I want to connect the postgres and the web (django project) in order to retrieve data, so this it my file

version: "3.7"

services:
  web:
    build: .
    restart: always
    command: >
      sh -c "
       python app/manage.py collectstatic --noinput --clear --settings=dashboard.settings && \
       xvfb-run -a python app/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 --settings=dashboard.settings"
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_NAME=dash
      - POSTGRES_USER=db
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=cau****
      - DISPLAY=0
      - QT_X11_NO_MITSHM=1
    volumes:
      - ./dashboard:/app
      - ./faces:/app/faces
      - /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    devices:
      - "/dev/video0:/dev/video0"
    privileged: true
    networks:
      - dash_net
    depends_on:
      - db
    cap_add:
      - SYS_ADMIN
      - DAC_READ_SEARCH
    security_opt:
      - seccomp:unconfined

  db:
    image: postgres:13
    command: ["postgres", "-c", "log_statement=all"]
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - "db:/var/lib/postgresql/data"
    networks:
      - dash_net
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=db
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=ca*****
      - POSTGRES_HOST=dash.postgres.****
    ports:
      - "5432:5432"

networks:
  dash_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  db:
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You explicitly create a Docker network, that’s great.

Are you aware that the services/containers are then available via their service name, so your DB at “hostname” db?

You can also set an additional alias if you wish.

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actually i’m not the creator of this file ! but i feel like its not correctly configured! so I have some knowledge about docker and containers, but the basic stuff