Docker was originally developed for Linux. Running Docker on macOS used to be pretty complicated, but a native macOS app Docker for Mac launched in July 2016, so now it’s a breeze! The Community Edition (CE) is a free download, so download Docker CE for Mac, then install and run the app. Moby the whale should appear in your Mac’s status bar.
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- Docker Tutorial. This tutorial explains the various aspects of the Docker Container service. Starting with the basics of Docker which focuses on the installation and configuration of Docker, it gradually moves on to advanced topics such as Networking and Registries. The last few chapters of this tutorial cover the development aspects of Docker.
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This series of tutorials deals with networking standalone containers whichconnect to macvlan
networks. In this type of network, the Docker host acceptsrequests for multiple MAC addresses at its IP address, and routes those requeststo the appropriate container. For other networking topics, see theoverview.
Goal
The goal of these tutorials is to set up a bridged macvlan
network and attacha container to it, then set up an 802.1q trunked macvlan
network and attach acontainer to it.
Prerequisites
Most cloud providers block
macvlan
networking. You may need physical accessto your networking equipment.The
macvlan
networking driver only works on Linux hosts, and is not supportedon Docker Desktop for Mac, Docker Desktop for Windows, or Docker EE for Windows Server.You need at least version 3.9 of the Linux kernel, and version 4.0 or higheris recommended.
The examples assume your ethernet interface is
eth0
. If your device has adifferent name, use that instead.
Bridge example
In the simple bridge example, your traffic flows through eth0
and Dockerroutes traffic to your container using its MAC address. To network deviceson your network, your container appears to be physically attached to the network.
Create a
macvlan
network calledmy-macvlan-net
. Modify thesubnet
,gateway
,andparent
values to values that make sense in your environment.You can use
docker network ls
anddocker network inspect my-macvlan-net
commands to verify that the network exists and is amacvlan
network.Start an
alpine
container and attach it to themy-macvlan-net
network. The-dit
flags start the container in the background but allow you to attachto it. The--rm
flag means the container is removed when it is stopped.Inspect the
my-macvlan-alpine
container and notice theMacAddress
keywithin theNetworks
key:Check out how the container sees its own network interfaces by running acouple of
docker exec
commands.Stop the container (Docker removes it because of the
--rm
flag), and removethe network.
802.1q trunked bridge example
In the 802.1q trunked bridge example, your traffic flows through a sub-interfaceof eth0
(called eth0.10
) and Docker routes traffic to your container usingits MAC address. To network devices on your network, your container appears tobe physically attached to the network.
Create a
macvlan
network calledmy-8021q-macvlan-net
. Modify thesubnet
,gateway
, andparent
values to values that make sense in yourenvironment.You can use
docker network ls
anddocker network inspect my-8021q-macvlan-net
commands to verify that the network exists, is amacvlan
network, andhas parenteth0.10
. You can useip addr show
on the Docker host toverify that the interfaceeth0.10
exists and has a separate IP addressStart an
alpine
container and attach it to themy-8021q-macvlan-net
network. The-dit
flags start the container in the background but allowyou to attach to it. The--rm
flag means the container is removed when itis stopped.Inspect the
my-second-macvlan-alpine
container and notice theMacAddress
key within theNetworks
key:Check out how the container sees its own network interfaces by running acouple of
docker exec
commands.Stop the container (Docker removes it because of the
--rm
flag), and removethe network.
Other networking tutorials
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Now that you have completed the networking tutorial for macvlan
networks,you might want to run through these other networking tutorials: