Connect to another container using Docker compose

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Use the alias “db” that you have defined in file to refer to the database host name.

Containers for the linked service will be reachable at a hostname
identical to the alias, or the service name if no alias was specified.

Source: https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v2/#links

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