I’m building my stack with nginx, php-fpm and postgres. PHP is already working with nginx. But I can’t connect to postgres. This is the (partial) code in my docker-compose file (version 2) postgresql: image: postgres container_name: postgres-stubb ports: - "543…

[image] libasoles: P.S: Could it be that 127.0.0.1 is the wrong IP when running a PHP application inside a container? Thas it refer to the container IPs or my PCs ones? 127.0.0.1 (and its reserved DNS name localhost) always refers to the current container, never the host.

Normally all the containers you want to talk to each other are included in the compose file and there is a private dns server on a private network connecting everything. In that case your compose file should look something like this: services: postgresql: image: postgres environm…

Yes, thanks. I’m posting my entire compose file now. Laravel lives outside the containers. It’s just mapped to the php one through the src folder. version: '2' services: web: image: nginx:latest container_name: nginx-stubb ports: - "8001:80" volumes…

Oh! So instead of localhost or 127.0.0.1 I must use the container name. Now I remember. Thanks so much.

Hi, I did a quick internet search on the error message. The results mainly relate to local socket vs internet socket configurations. However, because the Postgres container was packaged for Docker, it would seem likely it would be configured correctly for the container environment. If you have you…

As Roseanne Roseannadanna used to say “Never Mind”. I started this reply several hours ago, was diverted, and only just now got back to finishing it up and hitting the send button. Had not seen your reply, because the edit window was open.

Since the three services above are under the same network,just map the requested host with “db_name” would work.

Hello dude, i have the same problem, can you help me? thanks!

$ psql psql: error: could not connect to server: FATAL: database "user" does not exist $ psql -U postgres psql: error: could not connect to server: FATAL: database "postgres" does not exist It already inited database, why postgres does not exist?

It already inited database, why postgres does not exist? [image] a710d85264: $ psql psql: error: could not connect to server: FATAL: database “user” does not exist It already inited database, why Lucky Patcher Kodi postgres does not exist?

This resolved my issue when trying to connect through pgadmin, in connection details I was trying to connect with (localhost/127.0.0.1 …) ips but when I put posgres container name it worked !! Thanks guys !!

Can't get postgres to work

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dmaze (David Maze) March 10, 2017, 2:08pm 4

127.0.0.1 (and its reserved DNS name localhost) always refers to the current container, never the host.

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Can't get postgres to work

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