Docker Link host - Error: double colon in host identifier

[Css-IanM]

I'm trying to run my server in a docker container. I'm setting the host as the container link and im seeing this error
Error: double colon in host identifier

export const mongoUser = new UserDatabase({ host: 'mongodb', port: 27017, database: 'test_db'});

Here is the link alias as mongodb as shown in the host property above.

version: '3'
services:
  api:
    image: central_server
    build: .
    ports:
     [ "5001:5001"]
    links:
     - "mongodb"
  mongodb:
    image: "mongo:latest"
    ports: 
     ["27017:27017"]

is there some quirk in the connection string builder i'm not seeing that's causing a malformed URI?

[notheotherben]

Hi Ian,

Let me look into this for you quick and get back to you, there shouldn't be any issues with it, but as with all things...

[notheotherben]

Hi Ian,

I've added a reproduction case to our test suite for this and, for the life of me, can't see any issues. The only thing I can think of is that maybe the underlying MongoDB client library is reading environment variables and doing something funky from that, but I'm not sure how easily you could test that.

[Css-IanM]

I think you're on the right track with the environment variables. I'm looking into it a bit more this evening.

[notheotherben]

Okay, let me know if you make any progress on that front, otherwise I'll try to out together a mockup environment and see if I can reproduce this in it.

[Css-IanM]

Benjamin, I haven’t forgotten about this, some other things that take priority came up and I’ve to work those out before I can revisit this. Ian Mackie Lead Developer Complete System Support, Inc. From: Benjamin Pannell<mailto:notifications@github.com> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 1:35 PM To: SierraSoftworks/Iridium<mailto:Iridium@noreply.github.com> Cc: Ian Mackie<mailto:ianm@completesystemsupport.com>; Author<mailto:author@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [SierraSoftworks/Iridium] Docker Link host - Error: double colon in host identifier (#96) Okay, let me know if you make any progress on that front, otherwise I'll try to out together a mockup environment and see if I can reproduce this in it. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#96 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AdUBQlz7Ige0fuIOH8yeZQPTWXoOsWibks5scvpygaJpZM4PDruI>.

[Kaffiend]

This is related to environment variables for the Mongo Image. I didnt set them correctly. This can be closed.
derp Wrong account, I am @Css-IanM, my work organization account

[notheotherben]

Awesome stuff, thanks for the heads up 👍