How to connect to docker on Azure VM?
As Chun-Yen Wang said, you should add the port exposed to Azure NSG.
For example, I expose docker on port 5000, add inbound rules via Azure portal like this:
After that you can use Azure VM's public IP address to access it, you can find your public IP address here:
curl http://52.168.28.103:5000
Hope that helps.
The docker containers on Azure VM can be accessed via the public IP address of the host VM, and the port exposed:
- Public IP: there should be one when the VM is created.
- Port: whatever ports the docker container exposes, they need to be opened for web traffic, just like Create a Linux virtual machine with the Azure portal, section "Open port 80 for web traffic".
Assuming your host/remote machine is running Linux - If you want to access the container (running on a remote server) directly from local machine you should first install SSH Server in the container and map the 22 port of container to a port on host. And then open that host port and protocol TCP (to let SSH) for inbound traffic on NSG in Azure portal (as told by Chun/Jason)