---
ms.topic: include
ms.date: 08/07/2022
---

**Step 1.** Run the latest version of the image.
### [Local MongoDB](#tab/mongodb-local)

```Docker
# PORT=8000 for Django and 5000 for Flask
export PORT=<port-number>
export YOUR_IP_ADDRESS=<your-machine-ip-address>

docker run --rm -it \
  --publish $PORT:$PORT --publish 27017:27017 \
  --add-host mongoservice:$YOUR_IP_ADDRESS \
  --env CONNECTION_STRING=mongodb://mongoservice:27017 --env DB_NAME=restaurants_reviews --env COLLECTION_NAME=restaurants_reviews \
  msdocspythoncontainerwebapp:latest  
```

The command above is formatted for Bash shell. If you use PowerShell, Command Prompt, or another shell, you may need to adjust the line continuation and environment variable format accordingly.

### [Azure Cosmos DB MongoDB](#tab/mongodb-azure)

```Docker
# PORT=8000 for Django and 5000 for Flask
export PORT=<port-number>
export CONNECTION_STRING="<connection-string>"

docker run --rm -it \
  --publish $PORT:$PORT/tcp \
  --env CONNECTION_STRING=$CONNECTION_STRING --env DB_NAME=restaurants_reviews --env COLLECTION_NAME=restaurants_reviews \
  msdocspythoncontainerwebapp:latest  
```

The command above is formatted for Bash shell. If you use PowerShell, Command Prompt, or another shell, you may need to adjust the line continuation and environment variable format accordingly.

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Passing in sensitive information as shown here is for demonstration purposes. The connection string information can be viewed by inspecting the container with the command [docker container inspect](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/container_inspect/). Another way to handle secrets is to use the [BuildKit](https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/build_enhancements/) functionality of Docker.

**Step 2.** Confirm that the container is running.

Open a second shell and run the [docker container ls](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/container_ls/) command.

```Docker
docker container ls
```

You should see your container "msdocspythoncontainerwebapp:latest:latest" in the list. Note the `NAMES` column of the output and the `PORTS` column. You can use the name to stop the container.

**Step 3.** Test the web app.

Go to "http://127.0.0.1:8000" for Django and "http://172.0.0.1:5000/" for Flask when running with local MongoDB.

**Step 4.** Shut down the container

```Docker
docker container stop <container-name>
```