From Feast to Fiasco: Demystifying the "docker-compose wordpress mysql connection refused" Error
"docker-compose wordpress mysql connection refused": Demystifying the Connection Woes
Imagine your WordPress as a hungry customer at a fancy restaurant (MariaDB), while Docker acts as the waiter who takes the order. When the customer gets a "connection refused" error, it means the waiter couldn't reach the kitchen (MariaDB). Now, let's investigate the possible reasons for this culinary (and coding) conundrum.
Potential Culprits:
Sample Code Snippets:
Here's a peek at your docker-compose.yml
file with some troubleshooting tweaks:
version: "3.8"
services:
db:
image: mariadb:latest
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "3306:3306"
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "your_strong_password"
MYSQL_DATABASE: "your_database_name"
MYSQL_USER: "your_database_user"
MYSQL_PASSWORD: "your_database_password"
wordpress:
image: wordpress:latest
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "80:80"
environment:
WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: "db" # Points to the MariaDB container name
WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: "your_database_name"
WORDPRESS_DB_USER: "your_database_user"
WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: "your_database_password"
network: bridge # Optional, for improved networking
Relevant Problems and Solutions:
wordpress docker mariadb