I should probably just start everything from scratch and see what happens.

After some more tinkering around I'm wondering if it's somehow related to a  DNS issue. Any thoughts?

I'd love a walkthrough if it's not too much trouble.  Like I mentioned before I had a shared mysql database working on a windows machine, but moving to docker has been a no go so far for me.

 

What I've done was use the portable copy of HeidiSQL.

I configure a new session with the IP of my unRAID server, "root" as the user with no password, and the port should be "3306". I then click "Open".

 

Then click "Tools" > "User Manager", under "Select user account:" click "Add". Fill in the user name, change "From host:" from "localhost" to "Access from anywhere" or "%" type in the password twice.

 

Then under "Allow access to:" check "Global Privileges". Then click "Save"

 

Thanks METDeath, I'll give this a go and report back. I had to let this rest for a bit but would love to get it working.