Overlay network driver — Container discovery
Publishing ports of a container on an overlay network opens the ports to other containers on the same network.
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Publishing ports of a container on an overlay network opens the ports to other containers on the same network. Containers are discoverable by doing a DNS lookup using the container name.
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Docker Documentation — content/manuals/engine/network/drivers/overlay.md :: Container discovery ↗Revision 3a9d778562f3 · Apache-2.0