Boot2Docker: Connect to container over LAN

Question

I\'m using Boot2Docker 1.3.0 on my Mac and I\'m pretty happy so far using it. But now I\'d like to connect to a http container (exposes port 8080) not from my local machine but

Answer 1

You need to port forward from the OSX box to the virtual machine

VBoxManage modifyvm "boot2docker-vm" --natpf1 "tcp-port8080,tcp,,8080,,8080";

should do the trick

or, you could use ssh based port forwarding:

boot2docker ssh -L 8000:localhost:8000

see https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/blob/master/doc/WORKAROUNDS.md