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Docker - Networking

Docker takes care of the networking aspects so that the containers can
communicate with other containers and also with the Docker Host. If you
do an ifconfig on the Docker Host, you will see the Docker Ethernet
adapter. This adapter is created when Docker is installed on the Docker
Host.

This is a bridge between the Docker Host and the Linux Host. Now let’s
look at some commands associated with networking in Docker.

Listing All Docker Networks


This command can be used to list all the networks associated with Docker
on the host.

Syntax
docker network ls
Options
None

Return Value
The command will output all the networks on the Docker Host.
Example
sudo docker network ls
Output
The output of the above command is shown below

Inspecting a Docker network


If you want to see more details on the network associated with Docker,
you can use the Docker network inspect command.

Syntax
docker network inspect networkname
Options
 networkname − This is the name of the network you need to
inspect.
Return Value
The command will output all the details about the network.

Example
sudo docker network inspect bridge
Output
The output of the above command is shown below −
Now let’s run a container and see what happens when we inspect the
network again. Let’s spin up an Ubuntu container with the following
command −
sudo docker run –it ubuntu:latest /bin/bash

Now if we inspect our network name via the following command, you will
now see that the container is attached to the bridge.
sudo docker network inspect bridge
Creating Your Own New Network
One can create a network in Docker before launching containers. This can
be done with the following command −

Syntax
docker network create –-driver drivername name
Options
 drivername − This is the name used for the network driver.
 name − This is the name given to the network.
Return Value
The command will output the long ID for the new network.

Example
sudo docker network create –-driver bridge new_nw
Output
The output of the above command is shown below −
You can now attach the new network when launching the container. So
let’s spin up an Ubuntu container with the following command −
sudo docker run –it –network=new_nw ubuntu:latest /bin/bash

And now when you inspect the network via the following command, you
will see the container attached to the network.
sudo docker network inspect new_nw

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