Cannot connect to docker container (redis) in host mode - docker

Question

This probably just related to WSL in general but Redis is my use case.
This works fine and I can connect like:
docker exec -it redis-1 redis-cli -c -p 7001 -a Password123
But I cannot make any connections from my local windows pc to the container. I get
Could not connect: Error 10061 connecting to host.docker.internal:7001. No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
This is the same error when the container isn't running, so not sure if it's a docker issue or WSL?
version: '3.9'
services:
redis-cluster:
image: redis:latest
container_name: redis-cluster
command: redis-cli -a Password123 -p 7001 --cluster create 127.0.0.1:7001 127.0.0.1:7002 127.0.0.1:7003 127.0.0.1:7004 127.0.0.1:7005 127.0.0.1:7006 --cluster-replicas 1 --cluster-yes
depends_on:
- redis-1
- redis-2
- redis-3
- redis-4
- redis-5
- redis-6
network_mode: host
redis-1:
image: "redis:latest"
container_name: redis-1
network_mode: host
entrypoint: >
redis-server
--port 7001
--appendonly yes
--cluster-enabled yes
--cluster-config-file nodes.conf
--cluster-node-timeout 5000
--masterauth Password123
--requirepass Password123
--bind 0.0.0.0
--protected-mode no
# Five more the same as the above

Answer 1

According to the provided docker-compose.yml file, container ports are not exposed, so they are unreachable from the outside (your windows/wls host). Check here for the official reference. More about docker and ports here
As an example for redis-1 service, you should add the following to the definition.
...
redis-1:
ports:
- 7001:7001
...
...
The docker exec ... is working because the port is reachable from inside the container.