connection string for sqlserver in Docker container

Question

I\'m using Visual Studio 2017 for mac with dotnet Core and EF Core. After setting up the mssql image in Docker container , I was trying to add the connection string but thr

Answer 1

Rather than use IP addresses, which would be problematic in a team environment, you can also use host.docker.internal which will resolve to your host IP.

Data Source=host.docker.internal,1433;Initial Catalog=MyDB;User ID=MyUser;Password=MyPassword