Cannot connect to mysql db after docker compose up - mysql

Question

I created a container with a mysql database and the manual connection with a .net application works very good. Now I would use a docker-compose to build the mysql container and my .net application image automatically.
My docker compose looks like that.
version: '3.1'
networks:
overlay:
services:
authentication_service:
image: authentication_service:latest
depends_on:
- "authentication_service_db"
- "adminer"
build:
context: .
dockerfile: Dockerfile
links:
- authentication_service_db
ports:
- "5003:80"
networks:
- overlay
authentication_service_db:
image: mysql:8.0.3
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: secret
MYSQL_DATABASE: authenticationdb
ports:
- 3305:3306
restart: always
volumes:
- ./data-authentication:/var/lib/mysql
networks:
- overlay
When I start the application in development the connection string is printed and looks like that server=localhost;Port=3305;Database=authenticationdb;Uid=root;Pwd=secret. This works.
When I run docker-compose up -d --build it changes:
server=authentication_service_db;Port=3305;Database=authenticationdb;Uid=root;Pwd=secret;
My connection test script:
private static void WaitForDbInit(string connectionString)
{
var connection = new MySqlConnection(connectionString);
Console.WriteLine("Connecting with credentials: {0}", connectionString);
var retries = 1;
while (retries < 5)
{
try
{
Console.WriteLine("Connecting to db. Trial: {0}", retries);
connection.Open();
connection.Close();
break;
}
catch (MySqlException)
{
Thread.Sleep((int) Math.Pow(2, retries) * 1000);
retries++;
}
}
}
The Log:
Connecting to db. Trial: 1
Connecting to db. Trial: 2
Connecting to db. Trial: 3
Connecting to db. Trial: 4
[...]
application startup exception: MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlException (0x80004005): Unable to connect to any of the specified MySQL hosts.
at MySqlConnector.Core.ServerSession.ConnectAsync(ConnectionSettings cs, ILoadBalancer loadBalancer, IOBehavior ioBehavior, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in C:\projects\mysqlconnector\src\MySqlConnector\Core\ServerSession.cs:line 299
appsettings.json:
{
"Logging": {
"LogLevel": {
"Default": "Warning"
}
},
"AllowedHosts": "*",
"MysqlConnection": {
"connectionString": "server=authentication_service_db;Port=3305;Database=authenticationdb;Uid=root;Pwd=secret;"
}
}
So I don't know how debug or what I can do next. I don't get a connection when I use docker compose.

Answer 1

You mapped port 3306 to 3305 to your host, where you develop the application. So you can connect to db on port 3305. However, you are still using port 3305 inside the container. Because your service (authentication_service_db) is listening on port 3306, not 3305, your application having trouble to connect to database.
You must change connection string to use port 3306, instead of 3305.