Docker 1.10 access a container by its hostname from a host machine

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I have the Docker version 1.10 with embedded DNS service.

I have created two service containers in my docker-compose file. They are reachable each other by hostname and by IP, but when I would like reach one of them from the host machine, it doesn't work, it works only with IP but not with hostname.

So, is it possible to access a docker container from the host machine by it's hostname in the Docker 1.10, please?

Update:

docker-compose.yml

version: '2'
services:
    service_a:
        image: nginx
        container_name: docker_a
        ports:
           - 8080:80
    service_b:
        image: nginx
        container_name: docker_b
        ports:
            - 8081:80

then I start it by command: docker-compose up --force-recreate

when I run:

  • docker exec -i -t docker_a ping -c4 docker_b - it works
  • docker exec -i -t docker_b ping -c4 docker_a - it works
  • ping 172.19.0.2 - it works (172.19.0.2 is docker_b's ip)
  • ping docker_a - fails

The result of the docker network inspect test_default is

[
    {
        "Name": "test_default",
        "Id":   "f6436ef4a2cd4c09ffdee82b0d0b47f96dd5aee3e1bde068376dd26f81e79712",
        "Scope": "local",
        "Driver": "bridge",
        "IPAM": {
            "Driver": "default",
            "Options": null,
            "Config": [
                {
                    "Subnet": "172.19.0.0/16",
                    "Gateway": "172.19.0.1/16"
                }
            ]
        },
        "Containers": {
             "a9f13f023761123115fcb2b454d3fd21666b8e1e0637f134026c44a7a84f1b0b": {
                "Name": "docker_a",
                "EndpointID":     "a5c8e08feda96d0de8f7c6203f2707dd3f9f6c3a64666126055b16a3908fafed",
                "MacAddress": "02:42:ac:13:00:03",
                "IPv4Address": "172.19.0.3/16",
                "IPv6Address": ""
            },
                "c6532af99f691659b452c1cbf1693731a75cdfab9ea50428d9c99dd09c3e9a40": {
                "Name": "docker_b",
                "EndpointID":     "28a1877a0fdbaeb8d33a290e5a5768edc737d069d23ef9bbcc1d64cfe5fbe312",
                "MacAddress": "02:42:ac:13:00:02",
                "IPv4Address": "172.19.0.2/16",
                "IPv6Address": ""
            }
        },
        "Options": {}
    }
]
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5 Answers

To specifically solve this problem I created a simple "etc/hosts" domain injection tool that resolves names of local Docker containers on the host. Just run:

docker run -d \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock \
    -v /etc/hosts:/tmp/hosts \
    --name docker-hoster \
    dvdarias/docker-hoster

You will be able to access a container using the container name, hostname, container id and vía the network aliases they have declared for each network.

Containers are automatically registered when they start and removed when they are paused, dead or stopped.

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