Cannot connect to redis running as container with boot2docker
On my MBP, with latest boot2docker installed, I have the following Dockerfile:
FROM redis:3.0.3
CMD redis-server --bind 0.0.0.0
I run the following:
docker build .
docker run --rm ba09b207db42 # where ba09b207db42 is the container id returned by the build command
Then I run:
redis-cli -h `boot2docker ip`
And I get the error:
Could not connect to Redis at 192.168.59.103:6379: Connection refused
What am I missing?
Answer
You forgot to expose the port. Simply run the container like this:
docker run --rm -p 6379:6379 ba09b207db42
Additionally:
You could give the image a name so you would not need to work with ids:
docker build -t myimage .You could then start the container in background so that it does not "block" your terminal:
docker run --name mycontainer -d -p 6379:6379 myimage