How to access Docker container's web server from host
Extending Anentropic's answer: boot2docker is the old app for Mac and Windows, docker-machine is the new one.
Firstly, list your machines:
$ docker-machine lsNAME ACTIVE DRIVER STATE URL SWARMdefault * virtualbox Running tcp://192.168.99.100:2376Then select one of the machines (the default one is called default) and:
$ docker-machine ip default192.168.99.100
Ok, stupid me, I found the answer in the docs for boot2dockerhttps://docs.docker.com/installation/mac/#container-port-redirection
I needed to use the ip address of the boot2docker vm, rather than the ip of the container, i.e.
$ boot2docker ip192.168.59.103and I am able to browse my site from the host at http://192.168.59.103:49159/
I did not need to add any route on the host
To find the IP address of your container, you should need NO additional installs:
docker inspect <container>This provides a wealth of info. grep it for the IPAddress.