Files
openblocks/docs/self-hosting/access-local-database-or-api.md

50 lines
2.6 KiB
Markdown

# Access local database or API
By default, docker-hosted instances uses a [bridge network](https://docs.docker.com/network/bridge/), which does not support access to service on the host via `127.0.0.1` or `localhost`. Here we take PostgreSQL as an example and show you how to access local API or database in different operating systems (OS) for docker-hosted Openblocks.
## Preparation
Assume that a Postgres service is ready on your local host with port `5432`. Confirm that access to the Postgres service functions well.
<figure><img src="../.gitbook/assets/access-local-pre.png" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
## How to access local database or API
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Linux" %}
1. Enter `ifconfig docker0` in the terminal, and verify the IP configuration of Docker's virtual bridge (VB).
<figure><img src="../.gitbook/assets/access-local-linux.png" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
Having set up Docker, the OS would automatically create `docker0` with the IP address `172.17.0.1` (by default), through which the Docker service communicates with the host.
2. Enter the same IP address into Openblocks to configure the Postgres data source (`172.17.0.1` in this example, but use the actual IP address displayed on your terminal in real case).
<figure><img src="../.gitbook/assets/access-local-linux-2.png" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
{% hint style="warning" %}
On some OS (such as Ubuntu), port access might be blocked by the firewall. To solve that, configure in the following steps:
1. Stop the firewall from blocking access from <mark style="background-color:yellow;">`docker0`</mark> by typing in the terminal:\ <mark style="background-color:blue;"></mark><mark style="background-color:yellow;">`iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -i docker0 --dport YOUR_DB_PORT -j ACCEPT`</mark>\
`Note: In this case`Here we use Postgres port <mark style="background-color:yellow;">`5432`</mark> for <mark style="background-color:yellow;">`YOUR_DB_PORT`</mark>, and you should replace it with your own.
2. Save the firewall configuration by typing in the terminal:\
<mark style="background-color:yellow;">`iptables-save > /etc/iptables.up.rules`</mark>
{% endhint %}
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Windows & Mac" %}
On Windows and masOS, Docker does not create the virtual bridge `docker0`. Then the following DNS is helpful to resolve the host IP:
```
host.docker.internal
```
In Openblocks, configure the Postgres data source as the following figure shows:
<figure><img src="../.gitbook/assets/access-local-win-mac.png" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}