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ale provides the hostnames and ports for connecting services with other services. These connections can be set up for internal communication within the same environment or for external access.

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Service Endpoints

In the resource tab of the service page, you can find two types of endpoints:
  • Ingress: [hostname:port] for external service connections
  • Private network: [hostname:port] for connections within the same environment
Services within the same environment can connect using the service name as the hostname.

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Internal Service Connection

Services displayed on the same screen can communicate using the private network address, service name and port number.
Services shown together belong to the same environment (namespace). Since each environment is isolated within its own network, there’s no need for firewall rules, minimizing communication latency.
For more details on ale’s workspace structure, see the Environments page.

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External and Cross-env Services

Services not in the same environment or external services can connect using ingress address shown at the top of the resource tab in the service page. For this type of connection, you should allow TCP external access in the settings tab of the environment where the database is located.
TCP external access is controlled at the environment level and affects all services in that environment. You cannot configure this setting for individual services.
You can connect to your databases from DB client tools via TCP.
Enter the ingress address, then in the next screen, enter the Root Password you set during deployment.
MySQL Workbench Download
In the Connection tab, enter the ingress address, the Username (default is root), and the Root Password you set during deployment.
pgAdmin Download
Click New Connection, then in the Advanced Connection Options section, enter the hostname including the port number in the Host field.
In the Authentication tab, enter the Username (default is admin) and the Root Password you set during deployment.
MongoDB CompassDownload
Click Add Redis Database and enter the ingress address.
Redis Insight Download
To connect to databases using management tools via TCP, you should enable TCP external access in the settings tab of the environment where the database is located.