# Docker and postgres: Error: connect ETIMEDOUT **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 19, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-and-postgres-error-connect-etimedout/90831 "2020-03-19T03:51:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lostspirit96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e495f1/32.png) [@lostspirit96](https://forums.docker.com/u/lostspirit96)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-and-postgres-error-connect-etimedout/90831/1 "2020-03-19T03:51:38Z")
Hello I have a problem with my docker compose postgres and pgadmin Error: ``` Error: connect ETIMEDOUT 172.19.0.2:5432 at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1134:16) { errno: 'ETIMEDOUT', code: 'ETIMEDOUT', syscall: 'connect', address: '172.19.0.2', port: 5432 } ``` my docker compose: ```auto version: "3.7" services: postgres: image: postgres:12 restart: always container_name: "postgres_container" ports: - "5432:5432" volumes: - db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data environment: POSTGRES_USER: spirit POSTGRES_PASSWORD: emasa POSTGRES_DB: emasa pgadmin: image: dpage/pgadmin4 container_name: "pgadmin_container" depends_on: - postgres ports: - 5050:80 environment: PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL: emasa@emasa.com PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD: admin volumes: db_data: ``` i’m not able to imagine the reason for my error i give a docker-compose log and my postgres works normal: ```auto postgres_container | 2020-03-19 02:48:12.162 UTC [1] LOG: listening on IPv4 address "0.0.0.0", port 5432 postgres_container | 2020-03-19 02:48:12.162 UTC [1] LOG: listening on IPv6 address "::", port 5432 postgres_container | 2020-03-19 02:48:12.184 UTC [1] LOG: listening on Unix socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" postgres_container | 2020-03-19 02:48:12.256 UTC [24] LOG: database system was shut down at 2020-03-19 02:48:04 UTC postgres_container | 2020-03-19 02:48:12.290 UTC [1] LOG: database system is ready to accept connections ``` I think the problem is this: listening on IPv4 address “0.0.0.0”, port 5432 and this is my config: ```auto { "type": "postgres", "host": "172.19.0.2", "port": 5432, "username": "spirit", "password": "emasa", "database": "emasa", "synchronize": true, "logging": false, "entities": ["src/entity/**/*.ts"], "migrations": ["src/migration/**/*.ts"], "subscribers": ["src/subscriber/**/*.ts"], "cli": { "entitiesDir": "src/entity", "migrationsDir": "src/migration", "subscribersDir": "src/subscriber" } } ``` ---
**Author:** ![meyay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/meyay/32/34000_2.png) [@meyay](https://forums.docker.com/u/meyay)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-and-postgres-error-connect-etimedout/90831/2 "2020-03-19T06:12:19Z")
> [@lostspirit96](#): > > “host”: “172.19.0.2”, Whatever you do, never ever use a container’s ip to connect to its containerized service. usualy people trying to access a container by it’s ip, do something not indendet to be done like this. A container can and will change its ip when re-created. Please replace the container’s ip with its servicename and try again. ---
**Author:** ![lostspirit96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e495f1/32.png) [@lostspirit96](https://forums.docker.com/u/lostspirit96)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-and-postgres-error-connect-etimedout/90831/3 "2020-03-19T06:48:55Z")
I tried with the name of the container and had this new error: Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND postgres\_container at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookup ---
**Author:** ![meyay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/meyay/32/34000_2.png) [@meyay](https://forums.docker.com/u/meyay)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-and-postgres-error-connect-etimedout/90831/4 "2020-03-19T06:50:23Z")
Please share your exact configuration, why would the error message say “postgres\_container”?! Did you change the service name from postgres to postgres\_container? the service name is NOT the container name. ---
**Author:** ![lostspirit96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e495f1/32.png) [@lostspirit96](https://forums.docker.com/u/lostspirit96)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-and-postgres-error-connect-etimedout/90831/5 "2020-03-19T06:54:33Z")
yes my docker-compose: ``` version: "3.7" services: postgres: image: postgres:12 restart: always container_name: "postgres_container" ports: - "5432:5432" volumes: - db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data environment: POSTGRES_USER: spirit POSTGRES_PASSWORD: emasa POSTGRES_DB: emasa pgadmin: image: dpage/pgadmin4 container_name: "pgadmin_container" depends_on: - postgres ports: - 5050:80 environment: PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL: emasa@emasa.com PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD: admin volumes: db_data: ``` and my config: ``` { "type": "postgres", "host": "postgres_container", "port": 5432, "username": "spirit", "password": "emasa", "database": "emasa", "synchronize": true, "logging": false, "entities": ["src/entity/**/*.ts"], "migrations": ["src/migration/**/*.ts"], "subscribers": ["src/subscriber/**/*.ts"], "cli": { "entitiesDir": "src/entity", "migrationsDir": "src/migration", "subscribersDir": "src/subscriber" } } ``` my postgres contianer has this name ---
**Author:** ![meyay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/meyay/32/34000_2.png) [@meyay](https://forums.docker.com/u/meyay)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-and-postgres-error-connect-etimedout/90831/6 "2020-03-19T18:04:06Z")
> [@meyay](#): > > the service name is NOT the container name. The service name of your postgres service is `postgres`, NOT postgres\_container. ---
**Author:** ![jeffersonsousa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/jeffersonsousa/32/28763_2.png) [@jeffersonsousa](https://forums.docker.com/u/jeffersonsousa)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-and-postgres-error-connect-etimedout/90831/7 "2020-11-09T20:16:49Z")
Someone managed to solve? Help me.