dockward
Port forwarding tool for Docker containers.
Typical Dockward use cases include:
- Port forwarding to containers without published ports.
- Port forwarding to containers based on a filter.
- Testing stateless app scaled via docker-compose.
Requirements
Docker 1.10 and docker deamon running.
Installation
Homebrew (OSX only)
brew install dockward
Binary
Download binary for other platforms on the releases page or replace download link accordingly for OSX.
curl -LO https://github.com/abiosoft/dockward/releases/download/0.0.4/dockward_linux_amd64.tar.gz \
&& tar xvfz dockward_linux_amd64.tar.gz \
&& sudo mv dockward_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/dockward \
&& sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dockward
Source
Requires Go.
go get -v -u github.com/abiosoft/dockward
Usage
Note: If dockward is not running on Linux or docker host, you will access it via docker host ip (e.g. dockermachine ip). Except --host mode.
Forward port 8080 to port 8080 in container amazing_leavitt.
dockward 8080 name=amazing_levitt
Forward port 8080 to port 80 in containers with label type=nginx.
dockward 8080 80 label=type=nginx
Forward port 8080 to a local port 3000.
dockward --host 8080 3000
Forward port 8080 to endpoints 127.0.0.1:3000 and 127.0.0.1:3001.
dockward --host 8080 127.0.0.1:3000 127.0.0.1:3001
For more.
dockward --help
Limitations
- Dockward is intended for simple local development use cases. It may work for you outside of that.
- Docker networks created are default settings i.e. bridge/overlay as the case may be. Nothing special.
Why the name ?
Naming is hard, you know.
DockerForward, port forwarding tool for docker containers.
License
Apache 2