On MacOS 12, using Docker 20.10, I'm not able to start a container on another IP:
% docker run -p 127.123.2.13:80:80 -d nginx
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docker: Error response from daemon: Ports are not available: listen tcp 127.0.17.1:80: bind: can't assign requested address.
Is there any other way?
In order to bind to the ip, other than 0.0.0.0, you need to have an interface in your system with the desired ip. For example, watch docker failing to bind to a non-existent ip of 127.0.0.2:
docker run -p 127.0.0.2:80:80 -d nginx
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docker: Error response from daemon: Ports are not available: listen tcp 127.0.0.2:80: bind: can't assign requested address.
Now I create an alias for my existing interface lo0:
sudo ifconfig lo0 alias 127.0.0.2 netmask 0xff000000
and try again:
docker run -p 127.0.0.2:80:80 -d nginx
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docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
cc79b1b60c9f nginx "/docker-entrypoint.…" 2 minutes ago Created hardcore_haslett
05223ecb6ae9 nginx "/docker-entrypoint.…" 2 minutes ago Up 2 minutes 127.0.0.2:80->80/tcp pensive_bardeen