From 306053af9165bf5bd572717e29948a3050933c46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krish Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:56:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Adding a line to modify the configuration file (#1205) * Adding a line to modify the configuration file * Changing the access URL for rethinkdb * Typo fix and with clarification * Changes as per @ttmc's comments --- docs/server/source/appendices/run-with-docker.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/server/source/appendices/run-with-docker.md b/docs/server/source/appendices/run-with-docker.md index 9b727268..6c1d2ce0 100644 --- a/docs/server/source/appendices/run-with-docker.md +++ b/docs/server/source/appendices/run-with-docker.md @@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ Let's analyze that command: command) inside the container, with the `-y` option to automatically use all the default config values * `mongodb` or `rethinkdb` specifies the database backend to use with bigchaindb +To ensure that BigchainDB connects to the backend database bound to the virtual +interface `172.17.0.1`, you must edit the BigchainDB configuration file +(`~/bigchaindb_docker/.bigchaindb`) and change database.host from `localhost` +to `172.17.0.1`. + ### Run the backend database From v0.9 onwards, you can run either RethinkDB or MongoDB. @@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ docker run \ You can also access the RethinkDB dashboard at -[http://localhost:58080/](http://localhost:58080/) +[http://172.17.0.1:58080/](http://172.17.0.1:58080/) #### For MongoDB