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Victor Vieux authored on 2013/06/20 21:31:48
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 Bind Docker to another host/port or a unix socket
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-If you want Docker to listen to another port and bind to another ip
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-use -H on both deamon and client.
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--H could be (if no sheme, tcp is assumed):
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+With -H it is possible to make the Docker daemon to listen on a specific ip and port. By default, it will listen on 127.0.0.1:4243 to allow only local connections but you can set it to 0.0.0.0:4243 or a specific host ip to give access to everybody.
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+Similarly, the Docker client can use -H to connect to a custom port.
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+-H accepts host and port assignment in the following format: tcp://[host][:port] or unix://path
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+For example:
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 * tcp://host -> tcp connection on host:4243
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 * tcp://host:port -> tcp connection on host:port
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 * tcp://:port -> tcp connection on 127.0.0.1:port
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    # Download a base image
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    docker -H :5555 pull base
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-You can use multiple -H, for exemple, if you want to listen
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+You can use multiple -H, for example, if you want to listen
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 on both tcp and a unix socket
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