# Linking containers

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-containers/13694>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [13 مارس 2014، 2:22م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-containers/13694 "2014-03-13T14:22:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sander78](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sander78/32/296615_2.png) [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\
**Post date:** [31 مارس 2014، 9:31ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-containers/13694/6 "2014-03-31T09:31:52Z")

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Last question (I think): what to use for `DISCOURSE_DB_SOCKET`? It should point to the socket of the host, but will it have access to it?

And why set a pasword if not setting a user variable?

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