If you have created a docker image, say a Ubuntu base image with Apache Tomcat and you want to access Oracle/MySQL that has been installed on your local macOS/Windows system and you are wondering how to connect your device localhost from within the Docker container, then do the below,
Solution:Make use of host.docker.internal instead of using localhost or 127.0.0.1
Note: Works are using Docker v18.03 and above.
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