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.

Docker 1.10 and docker deamon running.

brew install dockward

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

Requires Go.

go get -v -u github.com/abiosoft/dockward

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

• 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.

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DockerForward, port forwarding tool for docker containers.

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