From inside of a Docker container, how do I connect to the localhost of the machine?
From inside of a Docker container, how do I connect to the localhost of the machine?
If you are using Docker-for-mac or Docker-for-Windows 18.03+,
just connect to your mysql service using the host host.docker.internal (instead of the 127.0.0.1 in your connection string).
If you are using Docker-for-Linux 20.10.0+,
you can also use the host host.docker.internal if you started your Docker container with the --add-host host.docker.internal:host-gateway option.
Otherwise, read below