Flask with Mongo and Docker Setup docker-compose up -d docker ps docker exec -it mongodb bash mongo -u mongodbuser -p show dbs; db.createUser({user: 'flaskuser', pwd: 'your password', roles: [{role: 'readWrite', db: 'flaskdb'}]}) exit mongo -u flaskuser -p your password --authenticationDatabase flaskdb exit Running the Flask To-do App curl -i http://your_server_ip curl -i\ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -X POST -d '{"todo": "Dockerize Flask application with MongoDB backend"}'\ http://your_server_ip/todo # list all curl -i http://your_server_ip/todo