IlluminateDatabaseQueryException: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] in file Illuminate/Database/Connection.php on line 678

I have Laravel installed on Mac using docker. I connecting to it with postman

The method ge returns this error:

IlluminateDatabaseQueryException: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused (SQL: select * from `flights`) in file /var/www/html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php on line 678       

    #0 /var/www/html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php(752): IlluminateDatabaseConnection->runQueryCallback()
        #1 /var/www/html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php(732): IlluminateDatabaseConnection->tryAgainIfCausedByLostConnection()
        #2 /var/www/html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php(641): IlluminateDatabaseConnection->handleQueryException()
        #3 /var/www/html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php(346): IlluminateDatabaseConnection->run()
        #4 /var/www/html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php(2313): IlluminateDatabaseConnection->select()
        #5 /var/www/html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php(2301): IlluminateDatabaseQueryBuilder->runSelect()
        #6 /var/www/html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php(2796): IlluminateDatabaseQueryBuilder->IlluminateDatabaseQuery{closure}()

Answer

Only change localhost to your computer’s IP address.