Can I get ip address inside my docker container?

docker ip-address
Kroid picture Kroid · Dec 27, 2014 · Viewed 43.1k times · Source

How to get container ip address inside this container?

'docker inspect $hostname ...' not suitable, because I don't share /var/run/docker.sock host file to container.

Answer

Victor Roetman picture Victor Roetman · Mar 30, 2016

I can find the IP address with

hostname -i

Of course, that may not be completely accurate if there is more than one interface.

Edit

Note: According to the hostname man page, hostname -i uses DNS to resolve the ip address, where hostname -I displays all the addresses except loopback, does not depend on DNS, and is recommended.

In all my Docker containers, -i and -I return the same results (but this is not the case on my desktop).

Related questions

Assigning IP address to docker containers?

I'm new to Docker. Is it possible to assign an IP address (from a DHCP server) to Docker containers running on a host or VM? If yes, can someone point me in the correct direction. If no, is it a …

Read More
How to get a Docker container's IP address from the host

Is there a command I can run to get the container's IP address right from the host after a new container is created? Basically, once Docker creates the container, I want to roll my own code deployment and container configuration …

Read More
How to copy files from host to Docker container?

I am trying to build a backup and restore solution for the Docker containers that we work with. I have Docker base image that I have created, ubuntu:base, and do not want have to rebuild it each time with …

Read More