docker-compose to run django with mongodb

Question

I am facing problem using docker-compose to link a django container with postgres and mongo containers? I am trying to use \"docker-compose up\" which starts up the mongo and po

Answer 1

You should specify host name like in the docker compose file, instead of IP address.

I've faced similar problems in connecting from a Tornado Web app to Mongo DB. Here is my docker-compose.yml:

web:
  build: .
  ports:
   - "8888:8888"
  volumes:
   - .:/code
  links:
   - db
db:
  image: mongo:3.0

Here is my connection string:

motorengine.connect("db", host='db', port=27017, io_loop=io_loop)

My error was to specify IP address instead of host name (db) like in the docker compose file.