Learning Windows Server Containers

Static port mappings

For the applications to be accessible on the container host's IP, a port mapping should be created between the container's port and the host's port. These mappings should be created while creating the container or when the container is stopped. TCP/UDP ports will be translated using Port Address Translation (PAT) so that traffic received on the external port of the host can be translated to an internal port using these mappings as shown in the following image:

The following command maps the container host's port 80 to port 80 on the container. Take, for example, an IIS web server running on the container on port 80, any ...