Communication between neo4j browser and container not working

[kevin_newsom]

Following these instructions: https://neo4j.com/developer/docker-run-neo4j/ trying to connect after starting the browser on localhost:7474 results in:

neo4j-driver.chunkhash.bundle.js:1 WebSocket connection to 'ws://0.0.0.0:7687/' failed: Error in connection establishment: net::ERR_ADDRESS_INVALID.

The workaround/solution posted here: https://github.com/neo4j/docker-neo4j/issues/240 did not work for me.

I am running this container on Windows 10 using docker desktop 2.2.0.5

[david_allen]

On that github issue -- specifically the part that fixes it is the modification of the advertised addresses. I think your connection is failing because 0.0.0.0 is not a routable address from your desktop computer. You should instead advertise "localhost" as the address.

For follow-ups, please paste your exact run syntax, because details of docker port exposure also matter here. The principle here is that whatever your advertised address is, needs to be something that resolves properly from where your'e running your browser -- not from within the docker container itself.

[kevin_newsom]

Running this:
docker run -it --rm --publish=7474:7474 --publish=7687:7687
-e NEO4J_dbms_connector_https_advertised__address="localhost:7473" -e NEO4J_dbms_connector_http_advertised__address="localhost:7474"
-e NEO4J_dbms_connector_bolt_advertised__address="localhost:7687" --env=NEO4J_AUTH=none
neo4j

works! I can connect. I would like to transfer this to docker-compose, but I am unblocked for now. Thanks, David.