Networking

# By default, docker will add all running containers to default bridge network
# To inspect docker bridge network, use below command
docker network inspect bridge

dockerNetwork1

Creating a custom docker network

dockerNetwork2

How to add container to a custom Network

# To run a docker container and join to a custom bridge network, use --net flag
docker container run --rm --itd --name <container_name> --net <network_name>

How to know the IP address of a running container

docker exec <container_name> ifconfig
docker exec <container_name> ip -a

References

docker-networking

To-DO

overlay-networking


Last modified July 16, 2024: code refactored (add6d20)