Unable to complete network request to host "localhost" from isql

[SoerenHenning]

Using the 2.5-ss image, I cannot query the database via isql as I'm getting an error saying that no networks requests to localhost can be made.

I'm starting a container via:

docker run -it -e "ISC_PASSWORD=masterkey" -e "FIREBIRD_DATABASE=test.gdb" -e "FIREBIRD_USER=test" -p 3050:3050  -v /tmp:/firebird/data --name firebird --rm jacobalberty/firebird:2.5-ss bash

Output is:

Warning - maximum 8 significant bytes of password used
setting 'test' password to 'f6a26ebc667b433f2bc6'
Use CONNECT or CREATE DATABASE to specify a database

Then I'm running:

cd /usr/local/firebird/bin
./isql ${DBPATH}/test.gdb -u test -p f6a26ebc667b433f2bc6

Which yields:

Statement failed, SQLSTATE = 08006
Unable to complete network request to host "localhost".
-Failed to establish a connection.
Use CONNECT or CREATE DATABASE to specify a database

I tested the same sequence of executions with 2.5.7-ss and 2.5.6-ss. While the error also exists in2.5.7-ss, in 2.5.6-ss everything works fine. (Note that in the latter the interactive shell has to be started separately.)

[SoerenHenning]

Okay, I see what the problem is. docker run -it [...] bash overwrites the CMD, which starts the server. Therefore, there seems to be nothing wrong with the Docker image. However, may it be reasonable to change this behavior? (E.g., start the server in the entrypoint?) I'm not sure what good Docker practices are in this context.

[mrotteveel]

This seems to be the same problem as #33

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