dockward

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.

Requirements

Docker 1.10 and docker deamon running.

Installation

Binaries

Download binary for your platform on the releases page.

Source

Requires Go.

$ go get github.com/abiosoft/dockward

Usage

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 80 in container amazing_leavitt.

$ dockward 8080 80 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

Limitations

• 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.

Why the name ?

Naming is hard, you know.

DockerForward, port forwarding tool for docker containers.

Demonstration Video

TBA

License

Apache 2