Docker-compose not creating links between containers

Docker Engine Compose
1

I have a very simple 2 container application, 1 running Tomcat the other Redis. I am attempting to use docker-compose but the link between the containers is not working.

If I simply do a run with the below commands all is happy.
docker run -d --name db redis
docker run -d -P --name web --link db web

When I attempt to use the below docker-compose.yml file there is no link between the containers.
version: '2’
services:
web:
image: web
links:
- redis
ports:
- "8080:8080"
redis:
image: redis

There are no environment variables created using docker-compose and the /etc/hosts file is not updating.

I’m puzzled since this is literally a copy of several of the examples I’ve found on numerous site, including docker.com. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

2

No such image as “web” exists.
The formatting also has to be applied.

The following compose file runs fine.
version: ‘2’
services:
web:
build: “.”
command: “bundle exec rails s -p 3000 -b ‘0.0.0.0’”
links:
-
db
ports:
-
“3000:3000”
volumes:
-
“.:/rubyapp”
db:
image: mysql
environment:
-
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=mysql

3

In version 2 of compose you don’t need links. You should be able to connect to the redis container just be referring to the hostname redis. It doesn’t appear in environment variables or /etc/hosts as networking is now a first-class feature in docker, and instead it uses built-in DNS resolution.

Since the new networking model came in, each container is started on a network (default by er, default) and can communicate with each other by using their service or container name.

4

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