Unable to write data in influxdb, connection to 127.0.0.1:8086 keeps getting refused.

[gsalmanali]

I am constantly getting the following error in influxdb-writer container

{"level":"warn","message":"Failed to handle Mainflux message: failed to save message to influxdb database : Post "http://localhost:8086/write?consistency=&db=mainflux&precision=ns&rp=": dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8086: connect: connection refused"

Assuming that the containers might not be able to recognize localhost or host addresses when calling them from within their own containers, i added to influxdb contianers the following lines:

extra_hosts: - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"

Also switched 'host-gateway' with docker0 address (172.17.0.1) and docker_gwbridge (172.18.0.1) address but that didn't work. Everything works except for when trying to use influxdb writer or reader services. I also made sure the ports 8086, 8088 8090 were not used by any other service other than then being used by containers but that didn't help either. I am not sure if i should be adding network mode 'host' altogether because that would defeat the purpose of the custom bridge docker network. All the containers are up and running without issues!