Connection to localhost:5488 refused. Check that the hostname and port are correct and that the postmaster is accepting TCP/IP connections - docker

Question

I am trying to run this github repo on docker as specified by the instructions
Aidbox with Timescale DB
However when running the conatiners one of them throws this error message
SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".
SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for further details.
WARNING: read already refers to: #'clojure.core/read in namespace: aidbox.sdk.crud, being replaced by: #'aidbox.sdk.crud/read
WARNING: update already refers to: #'clojure.core/update in namespace: aidbox.sdk.crud, being replaced by: #'aidbox.sdk.crud/update
Exception in thread "main" com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool$PoolInitializationException: Failed to initialize pool: Connection to localhost:5488 refused. Check that the hostname and port are correct and that the postmaster is accepting TCP/IP connections.
at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool.throwPoolInitializationException(HikariPool.java:597)
at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool.checkFailFast(HikariPool.java:576)
at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool.<init>(HikariPool.java:115)
at com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource.<init>(HikariDataSource.java:81)
at app.db$create_pool.invokeStatic(db.clj:45)
at app.db$create_pool.invoke(db.clj:42)
at app.db$datasource.invokeStatic(db.clj:70)
at app.db$datasource.invoke(db.clj:61)
at app.core$mk_connection.invokeStatic(core.clj:234)
at app.core$mk_connection.invoke(core.clj:231)
at app.core$_main.invokeStatic(core.clj:241)
at app.core$_main.invoke(core.clj:240)
at clojure.lang.AFn.applyToHelper(AFn.java:152)
at clojure.lang.AFn.applyTo(AFn.java:144)
at app.core.main(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: Connection to localhost:5488 refused. Check that the hostname and port are correct and that the postmaster is accepting TCP/IP connections.
at org.postgresql.Driver$ConnectThread.getResult(Driver.java:409)
at org.postgresql.Driver.connect(Driver.java:267)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:664)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:247)
at org.postgresql.ds.common.BaseDataSource.getConnection(BaseDataSource.java:98)
at org.postgresql.ds.common.BaseDataSource.getConnection(BaseDataSource.java:83)
at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.PoolBase.newConnection(PoolBase.java:353)
at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.PoolBase.newPoolEntry(PoolBase.java:201)
at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool.createPoolEntry(HikariPool.java:473)
at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool.checkFailFast(HikariPool.java:562)
... 13 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:350)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:607)
at org.postgresql.core.PGStream.<init>(PGStream.java:75)
at org.postgresql.core.v3.ConnectionFactoryImpl.tryConnect(ConnectionFactoryImpl.java:91)
at org.postgresql.core.v3.ConnectionFactoryImpl.openConnectionImpl(ConnectionFactoryImpl.java:192)
at org.postgresql.core.ConnectionFactory.openConnection(ConnectionFactory.java:49)
at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgConnection.<init>(PgConnection.java:211)
at org.postgresql.Driver.makeConnection(Driver.java:458)
at org.postgresql.Driver.access$100(Driver.java:57)
at org.postgresql.Driver$ConnectThread.run(Driver.java:368)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
I have tried changing the port the database (Which I think it’s what it’s trying to connect to) from port 5432 to 5488 but I get the same error. I have read other stack-overflow posts on this error message but they haven’t worked either.
I have also tried to speak with the company that made this project but as is understandable since this is an open source project of theirs from which they make no money it is not in their priorities to fix this issue.
So hopefully one of the brilliant minds roaming this site can help me out.
If you want more info on what the repo is for
Bringing data from wearables and medical IoT devices to FHIR solutions

Answer 1

I see container_name: timescaledb in docker-compose file. Hence host will be timescaledb and default port 5432 if you are trying to connect from another container in same network