How to access container from dev machine on Docker for windows

Question

I’m using a window 10 machine with docker for windows installed in it.

When I run containers using docker compose:

version: '2'
services:
    service_a:
        build: .
        container_name: docker

It creates a network default,

But the container has IP 172.18.0.4, and I can’t connect to 172.18.0.4 from host.

How can I access this container from host machine?

Answer 1

What you can do is, allow access to internal docker networks from your dev machine, try this:

route /P add 172.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0 10.0.75.2

Comments

HI,  when I execute "route /P add 172.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0 10.0.75.2  it says "The requested operation requires elevation."

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Hi,

Yes, you can't connect to your container from the host machine. Because Docker containers work in an isolated environment. So you need to expose the container.