I am trying to connect redis container to python app container using environment variable. I passed password as an environment variable but it is not connecting, if I don’t use an environment variable and hard code the password it works fine otherwise it gives redis.exceptions.ConnectionError
version: "3.7"
services:
nginx_app:
image: nginx:latest
depends_on:
- flask_app
volumes:
- ./default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
ports:
- 8090:80
networks:
- my_project_network
flask_app:
build:
context: .
dockerfile: Dockerfile
expose:
- 5000
environment:
- PASSWORD=pass123a
depends_on:
- redis_app
networks:
- my_project_network
redis_app:
image: redis:latest
command: redis-server --requirepass ${PASSWORD} --appendonly yes
environment:
- PASSWORD=pass123a
volumes:
- ./redis-vol:/data
expose:
- 6379
networks:
- my_project_network
networks:
my_project_network:
index.py
from flask import Flask
from redis import Redis
import os
app = Flask(__name__)
redis = Redis(host='redis_app', port=6379, password=os.getenv('PASSWORD'))
@app.route('/')
def hello():
redis.incr('hits')
return 'Hello World! I have been seen %s times.' % redis.get('hits')
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run(host="0.0.0.0", debug=True)
2
Answers
Update your docker-compose.yaml
the environment is a list of strings:
docker-composer interpolates ${ENV} where the value of ENV is loaded from .env file
Use:
Instead of:
You can verify environment variable inside ur container by:
That should return:
docker-compose example for environment variables: Here
Looks like you have missed passing the environment variable to your Redis container.
Try This: