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

Docker is written in Go and it uses Go syntax for query purposes too.

To inspect the IP address of a particular container, you need to run the command (-f for "format"):

docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' container_id_or_name

For the container ID or name, you can run the command

docker container ls

which will list every running container.