Docker-DCO-1.1-Signed-off-by: Erik Hollensbe <github@hollensbe.org> (github: erikh)
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`CONTAINER_NAME`. This lets processes inside the new container |
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connect to the hostname `ALIAS` without having to know its IP. The |
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`--link=` option is discussed in more detail below, in the section |
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- [Communication between containers](#between-containers). Docker updates |
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- the ALIAS entry in the /etc/hosts file of the recipient containers |
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- in order to keep the link since Docker may assign a different IP |
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- address to the linked containers on restart. |
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+ [Communication between containers](#between-containers). Because |
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+ Docker may assign a different IP address to the linked containers |
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+ on restart, Docker updates the ALIAS entry in the /etc/hosts file |
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+ of the recipient containers. |
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* `--dns=IP_ADDRESS...` — sets the IP addresses added as `server` |
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lines to the container's `/etc/resolv.conf` file. Processes in the |