Connect from one Docker container to another

Question

I want to run rabbitmq-server in one docker container and connect to it from another container using celery (http://celeryproject.org/)

I have rabbitmq running using

Answer 1

You can get the docker instance IP with...

CID=$(sudo docker run -d -p :5672 markellul/rabbitmq /usr/sbin/rabbitmq-server); sudo docker inspect $CID | grep IPAddress

But that's not very useful.

You can use pipework to create a private network between docker containers.