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

Currently the easiest way to do this on Mac and Windows is using host host.docker.internal, that resolves to host machine's IP address. Unfortunately it does not work on linux yet (as of April 2018).