Mac Docker Networking

Container network and IP access on MacOS

Features

• Container access by name or IP address
• Proxy and openvpn servers included
• Openvpn profile generation
• Apple silicon support
• Does not require Docker Desktop for Mac

Prerequisites

• Colima (Recommended)
• Tunnelblick or any OpenVPN client

Installation (one-time setup)

1. Install Prerequisites

brew install colima tunnelblick

2. Update Colima configuration

# ~/.colima/default/colima.yaml
docker:
  default-address-pools:
    - base: 172.16.32.0/20
      size: 24
  experimental: false

3. Start Colima

colima start

4. Build proxy and openvpn servers

./docker-net.sh -b

5. Start the proxy and openvpn servers

./docker-net.sh -s

6. Add the generated openvpn profile to tunnelblick: compose/docker-for-mac.ovpn

Usage

Usage: docker-net.sh [OPTIONS]

Options: 
    -h    This help message
    -b    Build openvpn and proxy
    -s    Start [default]
    -x    Stop
    -H    Update container entries in /etc/hosts
    -l    Update /etc/hosts entries and lo0 alias (not recommended)

Credits

• ix-ai/openvpn
• wojas/docker-mac-network
• kylemanna/docker-openvpn