Connecting from a docker container to the host?

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I'm on OSX using boot2docker. There's a redis server running on the OSX host on port 6379 and I'd like to access it from inside the container.

However:
docker@boot2docker:~$ telnet 172.17.42.1 6379 telnet: can't connect to remote host (172.17.42.1): Connection refused

How do I expose the host port 6379 to the container?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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I answered a similar question here. You can either run your container with --add-host as mentioned or you might also be able to use your local Mac's dns name directly.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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answered Jan 20 '15 at 15:47

Abdullah Jibaly

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thanks. this helps. however the IP of my Mac keeps changing. How do I get the DNS name of my host Mac? – Tal Jan 20 '15 at 16:53
THANK YOU! Took me forever to find out a fix for this – Josh Bodah Feb 22 '16 at 19:11

Connecting from a docker container to the host?

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