I have a project setup using Docker-compose , Node , prisma and postgres. here is the docker compose file
version: '3.8'
services:
# These are the configurations for our Node app
# When Docker Compose starts this container it will automatically
# use the Dockerfile in the directory to configure it
app:
build: .
depends_on:
# Our app does not work without our database
# so this ensures our database is loaded first
- postgres
ports:
- "8080:8080"
volumes:
# Maps our current project directory `.` to
# our working directory in the container
- ./:/usr/src/app/
# node_modules workaround for volumes
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/32785014
- /usr/src/app/node_modules
# This is the configuration for our PostgreSQL database container
# Note the `postgres` name is important, in out Node app when we refer
# to `host: "postgres"` that value is mapped on the network to the
# address of this container.
postgres:
image: postgres:14.1-alpine
restart: always
environment:
# You can set the value of environment variables
# in your docker-compose.yml file
# Our Node app will use these to connect
# to the database
- POSTGRES_USER=root
- POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
- POSTGRES_DB=ecom-poc
ports:
# Standard port for PostgreSQL databases
- "5432:5432"
volumes:
# When the PostgresSQL container is started it will run any scripts
# provided in the `docker-entrypoint-initdb.d` directory, this connects
# our seed file to that directory so that it gets run
- ./database-seed.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/database-seed.sql
adminer:
image: adminer
links:
- postgres:postgres
ports:
- 3001:8080
depends_on:
- postgres
Dockerfile
FROM node:18-slim
# Create app directory
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
# Install app dependencies
# A wildcard is used to ensure both package.json AND package-lock.json are copied
# where available (npm@5+)
# copying packages first helps take advantage of docker layers
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm install
# If you are building your code for production
# RUN npm ci --only=production
# Bundle app source
COPY . .
EXPOSE 8080
CMD [ "npm", "run", "start:dev" ]
.env
DATABASE_URL="postgresql://root:password@postgres:5432/ecom-poc"
as you can see above the container name for Postgres is postgres when I try running prisma commands like npx prisma migrate
I would get an error
Error: P1001: Can't reach database server at `postgres`:`5432`
I searched online and changed my connection string to localhost
.env
DATABASE_URL="postgresql://root:password@localhost:5432/ecom-poc"
now the command line did end up working after this but problem arises when I try to work with prisma-client here is my index.ts file
index.ts
import { PrismaClient } from '@prisma/client'
const prisma = new PrismaClient()
const express = require("express");
const app = express();
const port = 8080;
app.use(express.static("public"));
app.get("/", async (req:any, res:any) => {
res.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
res.status(200);
res.send("wallah!")
});
app.listen(port, async () => {
console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`);
console.log(await prisma.$connect())
});
now I start getting
Please make sure your database server is running at `localhost`:`5432`.
again!,now switching it back to
.env
DATABASE_URL="postgresql://root:password@postgres:5432/ecom-poc"
will work for code now, but not for command line!
I have configured Adminer and it does work with host postgres
This behaviour is a little confusing for me why doesnt prisma accept one host?