% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals
 % Docker Community
 % OCT 2015
 # NAME
 docker-network-connect - connect a container to a network
 
 # SYNOPSIS

 **docker network connect**

 [**--help**]

 NETWORK CONTAINER

 
 # DESCRIPTION
 

 Connects a container to a network. You can connect a container by name

 or by ID. Once connected, the container can communicate with other containers in
 the same network.
 
 ```bash
 $ docker network connect multi-host-network container1
 ```
 
 You can also use the `docker run --net=<network-name>` option to start a container and immediately connect it to a network.
 
 ```bash

 $ docker run -itd --net=multi-host-network --ip 172.20.88.22 --ip6 2001:db8::8822 busybox

 ```
 
 You can pause, restart, and stop containers that are connected to a network.

 Paused containers remain connected and can be revealed by a `network inspect`.
 When the container is stopped, it does not appear on the network until you restart

 it.
 
 If specified, the container's IP address(es) is reapplied when a stopped
 container is restarted. If the IP address is no longer available, the container
 fails to start. One way to guarantee that the IP address is available is
 to specify an `--ip-range` when creating the network, and choose the static IP
 address(es) from outside that range. This ensures that the IP address is not
 given to another container while this container is not on the network.

 
 ```bash
 $ docker network create --subnet 172.20.0.0/16 --ip-range 172.20.240.0/20 multi-host-network
 ```
 
 ```bash
 $ docker network connect --ip 172.20.128.2 multi-host-network container2
 ```

 
 To verify the container is connected, use the `docker network inspect` command. Use `docker network disconnect` to remove a container from the network.
 
 Once connected in network, containers can communicate using only another
 container's IP address or name. For `overlay` networks or custom plugins that
 support multi-host connectivity, containers connected to the same multi-host
 network but launched from different Engines can also communicate in this way.
 
 You can connect a container to one or more networks. The networks need not be the same type. For example, you can connect a single container bridge and overlay networks.
 
 
 # OPTIONS

 **NETWORK**
   Specify network name

 
 **CONTAINER**
   Specify container name
 
 **--help**
   Print usage statement
 
 # HISTORY
 OCT 2015, created by Mary Anthony <mary@docker.com>