How to assign as static port to a container?

Question

I want to assign a container a port, so that it gets the same port after every restart of the container.

Example: I have a container, which has an Apache in it. The

Answer 1

When you start docker, you can use the '-p' parameter.

docker run -p 80 yourimage apache2 will do what you currently have.

Now, you can specify ':' to make this port static:

docker run -p :80 -p :443 yourimage apache2

If you are using a Dockerfile with the EXPOSE instruction, it is the same thing :)

Answer 2

Per the docker.io documentation: https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/networking/default_network/dockerlinks/

$ sudo docker run -p 80:80 <image> <cmd>

Default port redirects can be built into a container with the EXPOSE build command.