docker-network

allow docker for windows and Mac OS X to access containers via IP, inspired by mesosphere/docker-mac-network and wojas/docker-mac-network

DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT!

usage

To use this solution, you should——

0. install Nodejs v14.16.0 or later This program is written in javascript and need nodejs runtime environment.
1. Install Tunnelblick for Mac OS X or OpenVPN GUI for Windows
2. create a network (optional) A network is needed for you to access container within it, but you can use the default bridge network, you can use docker network create command to create it, e.g. docker network create --subnet 172.19.0.0/16 my_network.
3. edit docker-network.js and change the configuration as your need.
4. run node ./docker-network.js create
5. when finished, import it to your GUI client and connect to it
6. try it! e.g.

$ docker network create --subnet 172.19.0.0/16 my_network
$ docker run -d --rm --network my_network --ip 172.19.100.100 nginx
$ curl 172.19.100.100

If OpenVPN cannot connect and logs such error like "OPTIONS ERROR: server pushed compression settings that are not allowed and will result in a non-working connection. See also allow-compression in the manual.", add texts below to configuration file then reconnect:

comp-lzo yes
allow-compression yes

Limitation

• It only works for containers in one given network