How to get a Docker container's IP address from the host

Question

Is there a command I can run to get the container\'s IP address right from the host after a new container is created?

Basically, once Docker creates the container, I

Answer 1

In Docker 1.3+, you can also check it using:

Enter the running Docker (Linux):

docker exec [container-id or container-name] cat /etc/hosts
172.17.0.26 d8bc98fa4088
127.0.0.1   localhost
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
172.17.0.17 mysql

For windows:

docker exec [container-id or container-name] ipconfig