Connecting mysql on host

[ploef]

Hi,
First of all, thanks for the great work on this image! Unfortunately I'm having a problem connecting to my mysql server on the host. Using 127.0.0.1 does not work, so I think I have to use a socket connection.
The problem is I don't know how to configure this using the environment variables.
Could you point me in the right direction?

Best regards,
Peter

[sameersbn]

@ploef using 127.0.0.1 will not work, because it would address the container itself. If you are trying to connect to a mysql server that is running on the same host as the container you should rather use 172.17.42.1 or whatever the output of ifconfig docker0 is. Also make sure the mysql user is allowed remote access originating from the 172.17.%.% address space.

Use of the mysql socket is technically possible, but not yet supported by the image so it will not work at the moment.

[sameersbn]

@ploef did you get the issue resolved?