How to get a Docker container's IP address from the host

Question

Is there a command I can run to get the container\'s IP address right from the host after a new container is created?

Basically, once Docker creates the container, I

Answer 1

For those who came from Google to find a solution for command execution from the terminal (not by a script), "jid", which is an interactive JSON drill-down utility with autocomplete and suggestion, lets you do the same thing with less typing.

docker inspect $CID | jid

Type Tab .Net Tab and you'll see something like:

[Filter]> .[0].NetworkSettings
{
  "Bridge": "",
  "EndpointID": "b69eb8bd4f11d8b172c82f21ab2e501fe532e4997fc007ed1a997750396355d5",
  "Gateway": "172.17.0.1",
  "GlobalIPv6Address": "",
  "GlobalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
  "HairpinMode": false,
  "IPAddress": "172.17.0.2",
  "IPPrefixLen": 16,
  "IPv6Gateway": "",
  "LinkLocalIPv6Address": "",
  "LinkLocalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
  "MacAddress": "02:42:ac:11:00:02",
  "Networks": {
    "bridge": {
      "Aliases": null,
      "EndpointID": "b69eb8bd4f11d8b172c82f21ab2e501fe532e4997fc007ed1a997750396355d5",
      "Gateway": "172.17.0.1",
      "GlobalIPv6Address": "",

Type .IPA Tab and you'll see something like:

[Filter]> .[0].NetworkSettings.IPAddress
"172.17.0.2"