How can I run a docker container on localhost over the default IP?

Docker Desktop for Windows
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OS Version: Windows Server 2016
Docker Version:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> docker version
Client:
 Version:      17.03.1-ee-3
 API version:  1.27
 Go version:   go1.7.5
 Git commit:   3fcee33
 Built:        Thu Mar 30 19:31:22 2017
 OS/Arch:      windows/amd64

Server:
 Version:      17.03.1-ee-3
 API version:  1.27 (minimum version 1.24)
 Go version:   go1.7.5
 Git commit:   3fcee33
 Built:        Thu Mar 30 19:31:22 2017
 OS/Arch:      windows/amd64
 Experimental: false

Hi, i’m new to docker . i’m trying to run docker container on localhost and some port by default on windows machine. how would i do that? Any advise on this would be helpful.

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With the default NAT network you cannot access mapped ports on localhost. Not sure whether Microsoft will fix/improve that. You can access from another host, or directly at the container’s IP address.

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If my containers ip is 172.20.x.x so i tried running docker using below command

docker run -p 172.20.x.x:2000 image_name

i get shown the below error

PS C:\Users\Administrator> docker run -p  172.20.x.x:2000 474614/my_repo:javaprogram
C:\Program Files\Docker\docker.exe: Invalid hostPort: 172.20.x.x

Could you please help me with any example or any advise on this would be helpful

4

You don’t need to map ports if you are directly accessing the container at its IP address. Just hit it directly at whatever port it is bound on.

5

-p is for mapping container port to host port:
E.G 80:8000

you don’t specify IP here