how to properly specify an IP for a docker container

Question

I\'m trying to explicitly specify an IP address for my docker container in the following way:

sudo docker run -it -p 172.17.0.2:10000:10000 -p 9000:9000 -p 9090:         


        

Answer 1

The -p argument is used to forward ports from the container to the host, not for assigning IPs.

There is no easy way to assign a fixed IP to a Docker container and I would strongly advise you not to try. Instead re-architect your system so that it isn't dependent on a fixed IP. If this really isn't possible, I think you can choose an IP by using the LXC execution driver and various flags, but I would strongly recommend against this.