How-to

If you want to connect two containers in the same docker network.

Just do the 3 following steps:

• Create network

docker network create test-network

• Connect first container

docker run --name c1--network test-network nginx:latest

• Connect second container

docker run --name c2 --network test-network nginx:latest

Test

Use exec to connect to the container.

docker exec -it c2 /bin/bash

(Should be provided to use curl or ping)

Curl cmd:

curl http://c2

Ping cmd:

ping c2

That is it.