How to access "http://localhost" from a Docker container in Windows? - docker

Question

I have a set of containers running in Windows 10 with Docker, this is the output of docker-compose ps:
> docker-compose ps
Name Command State Ports
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
db_mysql docker-entrypoint.sh mysqld Up 3306/tcp
elk /usr/bin/supervisord -n -c ... Up 0.0.0.0:81->80/tcp
php71-fpm-nginx /config/bootstrap.sh Up 443/tcp, 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:9001->9001/tcp
And this is the output of docker inspect:
> docker inspect php71-fpm-nginx
[
{
...
"NetworkMode": "anotherlampdocker_default",
"PortBindings": {
"80/tcp": [
{
"HostIp": "",
"HostPort": "80"
}
],
"9001/tcp": [
{
"HostIp": "",
"HostPort": "9001"
}
]
},
...
"Mounts": [
{
"Source": "/d/Development/www",
"Destination": "/data/www",
"Mode": "rw",
"RW": true,
"Propagation": "rprivate"
},
...
"NetworkSettings": {
"Bridge": "",
"SandboxID": "b96cf4c0f2c17d65659c31982b9200a79cca6f1c214770d31938204c493a6720",
"HairpinMode": false,
"LinkLocalIPv6Address": "",
"LinkLocalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
"Ports": {
"443/tcp": null,
"80/tcp": [
{
"HostIp": "0.0.0.0",
"HostPort": "80"
}
],
"9001/tcp": [
{
"HostIp": "0.0.0.0",
"HostPort": "9001"
}
]
},
...
"Networks": {
"anotherlampdocker_default": {
"IPAMConfig": null,
"Links": [
"db_mysql:db",
"db_mysql:db_mysql"
],
"Aliases": [
"php-fpm",
"248e8c254eee"
],
"NetworkID": "de1e10b63e6e5050809af59ac4d26b7cb691afd5805d1cf7f0492c702814f34d",
"EndpointID": "ccec71967c6100c5a9f3ad82d82bbb2a371f77e12c493bf05bfd15f2d188ce00",
"Gateway": "172.18.0.1",
"IPAddress": "172.18.0.3",
"IPPrefixLen": 16,
"IPv6Gateway": "",
"GlobalIPv6Address": "",
"GlobalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
"MacAddress": "02:42:ac:12:00:03"
}
}
}
}
]
I am trying to access http://localhost but I can't. I've tried also using the container IP meaning http://172.18.0.3 and doesn't work either.
When I say I can't it means the following message:
This site can’t be reached
172.18.0.3 took too long to respond.
The same container works perfectly in Linux.
This is the content of c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file:
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
127.0.0.1 localhost
The ports from the container are mapped to the host in the docker-compose.yml file:
services:
php-fpm:
container_name: "php71-fpm-nginx"
build: php-fpm
ports:
- 80:80
- 9001:9001
environment:
PHP_ERROR_REPORTING: 'E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_NOTICE'
STATUS_PAGE_ALLOWED_IP: '127.0.0.1'
volumes:
- D:\Development\www\:/data/www
What I am missing here?

Answer 1

You can get the docker machine IP and access the application:
1. Using command docker-machine : docker-machine ip
2.or By login to the docker image which is created when you start the docker and getting the eth1 ip
Then try : [docker-machine ip]:[port]

Answer 2

Try login to the php's container and check if the httpd process is running.
Use docker-compose up without -d should help you to see the log from container or use docker-compose logs -f -t after docker-compose up -d