Redis + Docker: PDOException: could not find driver

Question

I'm new to using Redis. I'm running Laravel, MariaDB, and Redis in Docker. I can't seem to get redis to work properly. I get the following error in Laravel Horizon:

PDOException: could not find driver in /var/www/api/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOConnection.php:46

My guess is that the code is being executed inside the redis container, that has no access to the PHP container.

This is my docker-compose.yml:

# Web server
nginx:
    image: nginx:latest
    restart: always
    links:
    - socketio-server
    ports:
    - "3000:3001"
    - "8081:80"
    volumes:
    - ./api:/var/www/api
    - ./docker/nginx/conf.d/:/etc/nginx/conf.d
    - ./docker/nginx/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
    links:
    - php

# PHP
php:
    build: ./docker/php-fpm
    volumes:
    - ./api:/var/www/api
    links:
    - mariadb

# Redis
redis:
    image: redis:latest
    depends_on:
    - php
    expose:
    - "6379"

# Database
mariadb:
    image: mariadb:latest
    restart: always
    ports:
    - "3306:3306"
    volumes:
    - ./database/mariadb/:/var/lib/mysql

# PHP workers
php-worker:
    build:
    context: ./docker/php-worker
    args:
        - PHP_VERSION=7.2
        - INSTALL_PGSQL=false
    volumes:
    - ./:/var/www
    - ./docker/php-worker/supervisor.d:/etc/supervisor.d
    extra_hosts:
    - "dockerhost:10.0.75.1"
    links:
    - redis

Anyone any ideas?

dbrekelmans · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-28 12:24:52Z

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Your assumption that the containers don't have access to each other is correct.

Your PHP container executes the PHP code, so it must have access to the redis container and the mariadb container in order to use them. You do this by adding them to the links array. I see you have already done this for mariadb, but you should add redis as well.

# PHP
php:
    build: ./docker/php-fpm
    volumes:
    - ./api:/var/www/api
    links:
    - mariadb
    - redis

By adding redis to the links array, you can access it in your PHP container with the hostname redis.

answered May 28, 2018 at 12:24

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Oliver Over a year ago

I thought it worked... but unfortunately it doesn't. I fired the wrong event. I still get the same error. Even if I install php inside of the redis container it doesn't work.

dbrekelmans Over a year ago

What credentials are you using to connect to redis? Are you using host = redis and port = 6379?

Oliver Over a year ago

Yes I'm using those. I can add things to the queue, but when they get executed (and need to connect to a database) they crash.

Oliver Over a year ago

I figured it out. It was the 'php-worker' container that needed pdo_mysql to be installed.

Oliver · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-28 14:17:48Z

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I turned out to be a problem in the 'php-worker' container. I hadn't installed pdo_mysql here. Now everything works fine!

answered May 28, 2018 at 14:17

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tuscan88 Over a year ago

How did you install it?

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