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.

sh
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.

sh
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

Forward port

8080

8080

amazing_leavitt

sh
dockward 8080 name=amazing_levitt

8080

80

type=nginx

sh
dockward 8080 80 label=type=nginx

8080

3000

sh
dockward --host 8080 3000

8080

127.0.0.1:3000

127.0.0.1:3001

sh
dockward --host 8080 127.0.0.1:3000 127.0.0.1:3001

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