# Mender minio: trouble connecting with other containers

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-minio-trouble-connecting-with-other-containers/916>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** minio\
**Created:** [August 14, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-minio-trouble-connecting-with-other-containers/916 "2019-08-14T15:13:03Z")\
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hello @drewmoseley thank you for answering,  
i also think it will have to do with the FQDN, but maybe it is because i dont fully understand the documentation,

in the production [documentation](https://docs.mender.io/2.1/administration/production-installation), there is an example of s3.

```auto
    storage-proxy:
        networks:
            mender:
                aliases:
                    - s3.example.com
    ...

```

i assume, this is the place where the ‘minio’ connects to, now we will be hosting the server ourselves, so i assume IRL this would be [mender.inuits.com](http://mender.inuits.com) the same goes for

```auto
 ...
    mender-deployments:
        ...
        environment:
            DEPLOYMENTS_AWS_AUTH_KEY: mender-deployments
            DEPLOYMENTS_AWS_AUTH_SECRET: ahshagheeD1ooPaeT8lut0Shaezeipoo
            DEPLOYMENTS_AWS_URI: https://mender.inuits.com:9000
    ...

```

and

```auto
    ...
    mender-api-gateway:
        ...
        environment:
            ALLOWED_HOSTS: mender.inuits.com
    ...

```

as everything will be put inside this one server, i assume everything should also be pointing to the same place, thus all having the same FQDN

what does the api ALLOWED\_HOSTS actually do?

as for your command @drewmoseley, this may be a novice question, but i assume this is a line for bash and i insert this line inside the run file?

Thanks for the help!

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