Localhost postgres docker ‘Connection refused’ using pgAdmin

The Problem

I’ve found out that when running a pgadmin and postgres in docker that you’ll end up having problems when connecting to the localhost:5342 (which is the port that the postgres db is connected on)

How to fix this?

Run the following command to get the id of the container you want:

docker ps

Run the following command to get the ip address of postgres image file that is running on docker:

docker inspect <Container-ID>

You’ll have to look for the IPAddress field, and copy that number into your postgres connection.

That’s all!