Docker can't connect to mysql

Hi i am new to laradock so i have couple of questions.

First i can't connect to my sql

What i did

sudo docker-compose up -d apache2 mysql workspace

got this when i do sudo docker ps

CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                                      NAMES
030fc427ea1e        laradock_apache2     "/opt/docker/bin/ent…"   2 hours ago         Up 2 hours          0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:443->443/tcp   laradock_apache2_1
e07c40bdd466        laradock_php-fpm     "docker-php-entrypoi…"   2 hours ago         Up 2 hours          9000/tcp                                   laradock_php-fpm_1
838c5d1b18fc        laradock_workspace   "/sbin/my_init"          2 hours ago         Up 2 hours          0.0.0.0:2222->22/tcp                       laradock_workspace_1
af7e34cd464e        docker:dind          "dockerd-entrypoint.…"   2 hours ago         Up 2 hours          2375/tcp                                   laradock_docker-in-docker_1
069f3cb37be3        laradock_mysql       "docker-entrypoint.s…"   2 hours ago         Up 2 hours          0.0.0.0:3306->3306/tcp, 33060/tcp 

that telling me that mysql is started

I have this in laradoc env file

MYSQL_VERSION=latest
MYSQL_DATABASE=default
MYSQL_USER=default
MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret
MYSQL_PORT=3306
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
MYSQL_ENTRYPOINT_INITDB=./mysql/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d

so i can't connect to mysql with Sequel Pro typing user "default" password "secret" using as host http://127.0.0.1

My second question would be, should i access

docker-compose exec workspace bash

then start

php artisan serve

and

npm hot run

because i am using react in combination with laravel. Any help is appreciated. Tnx!

via Chebli Mohamed