OTRS_DB_HOST has no affect about docker-otrs

[juanluisbaptiste]

Hi,

Please post the error logs, the OTRS_DB_HOST var is working correctly, starting because its default value is mariadb:

[ -z "${OTRS_DB_HOST}" ] && OTRS_DB_HOST="mariadb"

And the it uses it to connect to the database server:

mysqlcmd="mysql -uroot -h ${OTRS_DB_HOST} -P ${OTRS_DB_PORT} -p${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD} "

[juanluisbaptiste]

Also the recommended way of running this container is using docker-compose with the provided docker-compose.yml file. It makes things much easier.

[juanluisbaptiste]

Also the recommended way of running this container is using docker-compose with the provided docker-compose.yml file. It makes things much easier.
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Thinking about it, I think this is the problem. There are a bunch of host volumes that you need to mount to save container configuration outside it, to tell you the truth I haven't tested this image in a long time without mounted volumes as it doesn't make sense in a production environment.

[markuman]

Also the recommended way of running this container is using docker-compose with the provided docker-compose.yml file. It makes things much easier.

Yes, I understand, but I wanted to try to include this container in my existing container ecosystem, like - reuse the existing mariadb container.

Thinking about it, I think this is the problem. There are a bunch of host volumes that you need to mount to save container configuration outside it, ...

But - with or without host volumes - the difference is that the configuration is gone when the container is gone. This should be sufficient for a one-time test. But nevermind, I will try it later too.

[juanluisbaptiste]

Yes, I understand, but I wanted to try to include this container in my existing container ecosystem, like - reuse the existing mariadb container.

Why not just use external_links ?
https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/#external_links

But - with or without host volumes - the difference is that the configuration is gone when the container is gone. This should be sufficient for a one-time test. But nevermind, I will try it later too.

That's the idea, but there is a setup code run to initialize the initial configuration on a mounted volume that I haven't tested it in a long time without the mounted volumes.

[markuman]

Why not just use external_links ?

Because linking is deprecated and has no advantages over docker networks. https://docs.docker.com/network/links/

[juanluisbaptiste]

If you are using docker networks then you could attach to your mariadb network.