In a Laravel 9.19 sail install, meilisearch throws cURL error 7 (Connection refused)

[stephenr85]

I'm not sure why it's trying to request 127.0.0.1:7700

My .env file has MEILISEARCH_HOST=http://meilisearch:7700

In a sail shell, curl http://meilisearch:7700 works correctly.
curl http://127.0.0.1:7700 does not.

I can also access the Meilisearch UI in my browser at http://localhost:7700.

Dispatching job to crawl `http://localhost:8085`

   MeiliSearch\Exceptions\CommunicationException 

  cURL error 7: Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 7700 after 0 ms: Connection refused (see https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html) for http://127.0.0.1:7700/indexes

  at vendor/meilisearch/meilisearch-php/src/Http/Client.php:164
    160▕ 
    161▕         try {
    162▕             return $this->parseResponse($this->http->sendRequest($request));
    163▕         } catch (NetworkExceptionInterface $e) {
  ➜ 164▕             throw new CommunicationException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
    165▕         }
    166▕     }
    167▕ 
    168▕     private function buildQueryString(array $queryParams = []): string

[stephenr85]

Here's my composer.json

{
    "name": "laravel/laravel",
    "type": "project",
    "description": "The Laravel Framework.",
    "keywords": ["framework", "laravel"],
    "license": "MIT",
    "require": {
        "php": "^8.0.2",
        "barryvdh/laravel-debugbar": "^3.7",
        "cviebrock/eloquent-sluggable": "^9.0",
        "freshbitsweb/laravel-google-analytics-4-measurement-protocol": "^1.1",
        "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.5",
        "http-interop/http-factory-guzzle": "^1.2",
        "intervention/image": "^2.7",
        "intervention/imagecache": "^2.5",
        "laravel/framework": "^9.19",
        "laravel/sanctum": "^3.0",
        "laravel/tinker": "^2.7",
        "laravel/ui": "^4.0",
        "meilisearch/meilisearch-php": "^0.25.0",
        "opcodesio/log-viewer": "^1.6",
        "revolution/laravel-amazon-product-api": "^4.5",
        "spatie/laravel-permission": "^5.5",
        "spatie/laravel-site-search": "^1.0.0",
        "spatie/laravel-sitemap": "^6.2",
        "spatie/laravel-view-models": "^1.5"
    },
    "require-dev": {
        "fakerphp/faker": "^1.9.1",
        "laravel/pint": "^1.0",
        "laravel/sail": "^1.0.1",
        "mockery/mockery": "^1.4.4",
        "nunomaduro/collision": "^6.1",
        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5.10",
        "spatie/laravel-ignition": "^1.0"
    },
    "autoload": {
        "psr-4": {
            "App\\": "app/",
            "Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories/",
            "Database\\Seeders\\": "database/seeders/"
        }
    },
    "autoload-dev": {
        "psr-4": {
            "Tests\\": "tests/"
        }
    },
    "scripts": {
        "post-autoload-dump": [
            "Illuminate\\Foundation\\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump",
            "@php artisan package:discover --ansi"
        ],
        "post-update-cmd": [
            "@php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-assets --ansi --force"
        ],
        "post-root-package-install": [
            "@php -r \"file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');\""
        ],
        "post-create-project-cmd": [
            "@php artisan key:generate --ansi"
        ]
    },
    "extra": {
        "laravel": {
            "dont-discover": []
        }
    },
    "config": {
        "optimize-autoloader": true,
        "preferred-install": "dist",
        "sort-packages": true,
        "allow-plugins": {
            "pestphp/pest-plugin": true
        }
    },
    "minimum-stability": "dev",
    "prefer-stable": true
}

docker-composer.yml

# For more information: https://laravel.com/docs/sail
version: '3'
services:
    laravel.test:
        build:
            context: ./vendor/laravel/sail/runtimes/8.1
            dockerfile: Dockerfile
            args:
                WWWGROUP: '${WWWGROUP}'
        image: sail-8.1/app
        extra_hosts:
            - 'host.docker.internal:host-gateway'
        ports:
            - '${APP_PORT:-80}:80'
            - '${VITE_PORT:-5173}:${VITE_PORT:-5173}'
        environment:
            WWWUSER: '${WWWUSER}'
            LARAVEL_SAIL: 1
            XDEBUG_MODE: '${SAIL_XDEBUG_MODE:-off}'
            XDEBUG_CONFIG: '${SAIL_XDEBUG_CONFIG:-client_host=host.docker.internal}'
        volumes:
            - '.:/var/www/html'
        networks:
            - sail
        depends_on:
            - mysql
            - redis
            - meilisearch
            - mailhog
            - selenium
    mysql:
        image: 'mysql/mysql-server:8.0'
        ports:
            - '${FORWARD_DB_PORT:-3306}:3306'
        environment:
            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: '${DB_PASSWORD}'
            MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: "%"
            MYSQL_DATABASE: '${DB_DATABASE}'
            MYSQL_USER: '${DB_USERNAME}'
            MYSQL_PASSWORD: '${DB_PASSWORD}'
            MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: 1
        volumes:
            - 'sail-mysql:/var/lib/mysql'
            - './vendor/laravel/sail/database/mysql/create-testing-database.sh:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/10-create-testing-database.sh'
        networks:
            - sail
        healthcheck:
            test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-p${DB_PASSWORD}"]
            retries: 3
            timeout: 5s
    redis:
        image: 'redis:alpine'
        ports:
            - '${FORWARD_REDIS_PORT:-6379}:6379'
        volumes:
            - 'sail-redis:/data'
        networks:
            - sail
        healthcheck:
            test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
            retries: 3
            timeout: 5s
    meilisearch:
        image: 'getmeili/meilisearch:latest'
        ports:
            - '${FORWARD_MEILISEARCH_PORT:-7700}:7700'
        volumes:
            - 'sail-meilisearch:/meili_data'
        networks:
            - sail
        healthcheck:
            test: ["CMD", "wget", "--no-verbose", "--spider",  "http://meilisearch:7700/health"]
            retries: 3
            timeout: 5s
    mailhog:
        image: 'mailhog/mailhog:latest'
        ports:
            - '${FORWARD_MAILHOG_PORT:-1025}:1025'
            - '${FORWARD_MAILHOG_DASHBOARD_PORT:-8025}:8025'
        networks:
            - sail
    selenium:
        image: 'selenium/standalone-chrome'
        extra_hosts:
            - 'host.docker.internal:host-gateway'
        volumes:
            - '/dev/shm:/dev/shm'
        networks:
            - sail
networks:
    sail:
        driver: bridge
volumes:
    sail-mysql:
        driver: local
    sail-redis:
        driver: local
    sail-meilisearch:
        driver: local

and .env (sanitized for sensitive values)

APP_NAME=###
APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY=###
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_URL=http://localhost
APP_PORT=8085

LOG_CHANNEL=stack
LOG_DEPRECATIONS_CHANNEL=null
LOG_LEVEL=debug

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=mysql
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=###
DB_USERNAME=###
DB_PASSWORD=###

BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
CACHE_DRIVER=file
FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
QUEUE_CONNECTION=sync
SESSION_DRIVER=file
SESSION_LIFETIME=120

MEMCACHED_HOST=memcached

REDIS_HOST=redis
REDIS_PASSWORD=null
REDIS_PORT=6379

MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=mailhog
MAIL_PORT=1025
MAIL_USERNAME=null
MAIL_PASSWORD=null
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="hello@example.com"
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
AWS_BUCKET=
AWS_USE_PATH_STYLE_ENDPOINT=false

PUSHER_APP_ID=
PUSHER_APP_KEY=
PUSHER_APP_SECRET=
PUSHER_HOST=
PUSHER_PORT=443
PUSHER_SCHEME=https
PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER=mt1

VITE_PUSHER_APP_KEY="${PUSHER_APP_KEY}"
VITE_PUSHER_HOST="${PUSHER_HOST}"
VITE_PUSHER_PORT="${PUSHER_PORT}"
VITE_PUSHER_SCHEME="${PUSHER_SCHEME}"
VITE_PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER="${PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER}"

MIX_PUSHER_APP_KEY="${PUSHER_APP_KEY}"
MIX_PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER="${PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER}"

SCOUT_DRIVER=meilisearch
MEILISEARCH_HOST=http://meilisearch:7700

MEASUREMENT_ID=G-212QZZ9JZS
MEASUREMENT_PROTOCOL_API_SECRET=q6CbOVonTPKE1QiVn2yzSg

[andersfloor]

Have you managed to find a solution, @stephenr85 ? I'm running into the exact same problem. Basic sail installation, similar config, Laravel 9.54

However, I think this might be a sail/docker configuration issue. If I run sail php artisan tinker, I get the following

> $client = new Meilisearch\Client('http://127.0.0.1:7700')
= Meilisearch\Client {#5084}

> $client->index('movies')->addDocuments([['id'=>1,'title'=>'First movie'],['id'=>2,'title'=>'Yet another movie']]);

   Meilisearch\Exceptions\CommunicationException  cURL error 7: Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 7700 after 0 ms: Connection refused (see https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html) for http://127.0.0.1:7700/indexes/movies/documents.

But if I run php artisan tinker (without the sail prefix), it seems to work:

> $client = new Meilisearch\Client('http://127.0.0.1:7700')
= Meilisearch\Client {#5083}

> $client->index('movies')->addDocuments([['id'=>1,'title'=>'First movie'],['id'=>2,'title'=>'Yet another movie']]);
= [
    "taskUid" => 1,
    "indexUid" => "movies",
    "status" => "enqueued",
    "type" => "documentAdditionOrUpdate",
    "enqueuedAt" => "2023-03-12T15:51:30.731349773Z",
  ]

/update - I found it, sort of. See https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-site-search/v1/advanced-usage/customizing-meilisearch-settings
Apparently, laravel-site-search does not look at the MEILISEARCH_HOST parameter in the .env file. Instead, you have to put a Json-value in the extra column in the database table site_search_configs: {"meilisearch": {"url": "http://meilisearch:7700"}}
With this, I got rid of the error. However, it would be nice if laravel-site-search honored the MEILISEARCH_HOST environment variable.