Docker Network

• 20 January 2022
• docker,
• docker network,
• docker network add,
• docker network connect,
• docker network link

When you work with multiple docker containers that are not in the same compose file, the issue is that each is in a different network. However, there is a useful docker command to add an existing container to an existing network:

docker network connect [OPTIONS] NETWORK CONTAINER

An example would be to add a container named mycontainer to the network mynetwork:

docker network connect mynetwork mycontainer

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Beside that there are two more useful commands in docker network:

First one displays all network controllers in Docker:

docker network ls

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And the second one displays details of a Docker network:

docker network inspect mynetwork

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