dockerizing wordpress with mysql installed on the host machine

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I am trying to run WordPress on docker with mysql installed on my local host machine (ubuntu 14.04)

I am using the docker image from here: https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/wordpress/

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I passed my host ip address (192.168.1.1) and the port (3306) as shown below 

sudo docker run -it --name wp -e WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=192.168.1.1:3306 -e WORDPRESS_DB_USER=root -e WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=root -d wordpress

but I am getting the following error, when I try to run the image 

"MySQL Connection Error: (2002) Connection refused"

Below are the exact steps, I follow 

sudo docker run -it --name wp -e WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=192.168.1.1:3306 -e WORDPRESS_DB_USER=root -e WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=root -d wordpress

sudo docker ps -a

sudo docker commit <container_id> myuser/eslwp

sudo docker images

sudo docker run -i -t myuser/eslwp
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  1. I think Adrian is right, verify if your mysql allow remote connection for root. You can check out this post to troubleshoot.

    Other then that, it might be your firewall blocking the connection.

    Also you don’t need the -e WORDPRESS_DB_USER=root parameter when using the root user.