I'm looking at documentation here, and see the following line:
$ docker run -it --network some-network --rm redis redis-cli -h some-redis
What should go in the --network some-network field? My docker run command in the field before did default port mapping of docker run -d -p 6379:6379, etc.
I'm starting my redis server with default docker network configuration, and see this is in use:
$ docker container ls
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
abcfa8a32de9 redis "docker-entrypoint.s…" 19 minutes ago Up 19 minutes 0.0.0.0:6379->6379/tcp some-redis
However, using the default bridge network produces:
$ docker run -it --network bridge --rm redis redis-cli -h some-redis
Could not connect to Redis at some-redis:6379: Name or service not known
Ignore the --network bridge command and use:
docker exec -it some-redis redis-cli
Docker includes support for networking containers through the use of network drivers. By default, Docker provides two network drivers for you, the bridge and the overlay drivers. You can also write a network driver plugin so that you can create your own drivers but that is an advanced task.
Read more here. https://docs.docker.com/engine/tutorials/networkingcontainers/
You need to run
docker network create some-network
It doesn't matter what name some-network is, just so long as the Redis server, your special CLI container, and any clients talking to the server all use the same name. (If you're using Docker Compose this happens for you automatically and the network will be named something like directoryname_default; use docker network ls to find it.)
If your Redis server is already running, you can use docker network connect to attach the existing container to the new network. This is one of the few settings you're able to change after you've created a container.
If you're just trying to run a client to talk to this Redis, you don't need Docker for this at all. You can install the Redis client tools locally and run redis-cli, pointing at your host's IP address and the first port in the docker run -p option. The Redis wire protocol is simple enough that you can also use primitive tools like nc or telnet as well.