Practical Docker with Python: Build, Release and Distribute your Python App with Docker

© Sathyajith Bhat 2018

Sathyajith BhatPractical Docker with Pythonhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3784-7_6

6. Understanding Docker Networks

Sathyajith Bhat¹ 

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Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

In the previous chapters, we learned about Docker and its associated terminologies, took a deeper look into how we can build Docker images using the Dockerfile, and learned about how we can persist data generated by containers.

In this chapter, we look at networking in Docker and how containers can talk to each other with the help of Docker’s networking features.

Why Do We Need Container Networking?

Traditionally, most compute solutions are thought of as single-purpose solutions. It is not often we come across a single host (or a Virtual Machine) hosting multiple ...