# How to set redis DB ID in Docker container?

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**Created:** [January 24, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-redis-db-id-in-docker-container/56267 "2017-01-24T12:30:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-redis-db-id-in-docker-container/56267/1 "2017-01-24T12:30:23Z")

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I have one data container and I would like to use several web\_only containers (several forums on separate servers). How to I pass a DB ID to web\_only container so that multiple forums use their own cache?

Without this the stats reported in Admin → Reports are mixed up between different forums.

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