# Using containerized Weaviate with Semantic Kernel

**URL:** <https://forum.weaviate.io/t/using-containerized-weaviate-with-semantic-kernel/358>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** integration, developer-experience\
**Created:** [July 11, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/using-containerized-weaviate-with-semantic-kernel/358 "2023-07-11T16:48:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Ryangr0](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/ryangr0/32/272_2.png) [@Ryangr0](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Ryangr0)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/using-containerized-weaviate-with-semantic-kernel/358/1 "2023-07-11T16:48:53Z")

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- I am (basically) running 2 docker containers on my W11 system: Weaviate, and my dotnet application using Microsoft’s Semantic Kernel.

`docker-compose.yml` (truncated)

```yaml
version: '3.7'

services:
  app:
    container_name: app
    image: webgrip/app
    ports:
    - 9100:9100
    - 9101:9101
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    env_file: .env

```

`docker-compose.weaviate.yaml`(truncated)

```yaml

version: '3.4'
services:
  weaviate:
    command:
    - --host
    - 0.0.0.0
    - --port
    - '8080'
    - --scheme
    - http
    image: semitechnologies/weaviate:1.20.0
    ports:
    - 9001:8080
    restart: on-failure:0
    env_file:
      - .env
    environment:
      AUTHENTICATION_ANONYMOUS_ACCESS_ENABLED: 'false'
      AUTHENTICATION_APIKEY_ENABLED: 'true'
      AUTHENTICATION_APIKEY_ALLOWED_KEYS: 'my-secret-key'
      AUTHENTICATION_APIKEY_USERS: 'john@doe.nl'
      AUTHORIZATION_ADMINLIST_ENABLED: 'true'
      AUTHORIZATION_ADMINLIST_USERS: 'john@doe.nl'

```

When any kind of request is made to the Weaviate container from my application’s container, the connection is refused.

When I change `AUTHENTICATION_ANONYMOUS_ACCESS_ENABLED` to true, and make a request, I get this line to my log:

```auto
{"action":"restapi_request","level":"debug","method":"POST","msg":"received HTTP request","time":"2023-07-11T12:33:07Z","url":{"Scheme":"","Opaque":"","User":null,"Host":"","Path":"/schema","RawPath":"","OmitHost":false,"ForceQuery":false,"RawQuery":"","Fragment":"","RawFragment":""}}

```

`User: Null` tells me that somehow the api key I’ve defined in my application’s (The same one as in AUTHENTICATION\_APIKEY\_ALLOWED\_KEYS) isn’t working? But I have no idea how to continue debugging this. Maybe someone else has an idea?

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**Author:** ![jphwang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/jphwang/32/38_2.png) [@jphwang](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/jphwang)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/using-containerized-weaviate-with-semantic-kernel/358/2 "2023-07-17T19:58:03Z")

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Hi @Ryangr0 - sorry for the late reply. I don’t know myself, but I’ve passed it onto the team. Hopefully someone can get back to you soon.