I can do all of those things, and yes you are correct.
I found this – https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-fix-wordpress-connection-information-on-wp-that-is-running-in-a-docker-container
Specifically this – Open wp-config.php with your text editor of choice and add the following line to the end of the file:
define(‘FS_METHOD’,’direct’);
not sure if this is best method. Right now it is listed as define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘ftpext’);
When I changed to direct – it asked me to enter my FTP credentials, but I was unable to enter anything in the fields?