Accessing host machine from within docker container

[gforghetti (Gary Forghetti)]

Yes, check this post.

Docker Container Get IP Address from host interfaces

Pass them as environment variables to the container. root@manager:~# hostname -I 10.0.2.15 172.28.128.3 172.17.0.1 172.18.0.1 You may want/need to be more selective on what IP addresses you actually pass. root@manager:~# docker container run -it --env "MY_IPS=$(hostname -I)" alpine:latest sh / # echo $MY_IPS 10.0.2.15 172.28.128.3 172.17.0.1 172.18.0.1 / #