Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn <github@gone.nl>
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## Linking Containers |
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+> **Note**: This section describes linking between containers on the |
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+> default (bridge) network, also known as "legacy links". Using `--link` |
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+> on user-defined networks uses the DNS-based discovery, which does not add |
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+> entries to `/etc/hosts`, and does not set environment variables for |
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+> discovery. |
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The link feature allows multiple containers to communicate with each other. For |
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example, a container whose Dockerfile has exposed port 80 can be run and named |
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as follows: |