How to access host port from docker container

Question

I have a docker container running jenkins. As part of the build process, I need to access a web server that is run locally on the host machine. Is there a way the host web s

Answer 1

For linux systems, you can – starting from major version 20.04 of the docker engine – now also communicate with the host via host.docker.internal. This won't work automatically, but you need to provide the following run flag:

--add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway

See

• https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/40007#issuecomment-578729356
• https://github.com/docker/for-linux/issues/264#issuecomment-598864064