Docker Network Explained in Details

Arton Demaku
6 min readJan 5, 2024

Docker comes with a network management system. This system helps in managing communication between containers, the machine hosting Docker, and external networks. It also supports many network types, each suitable for different typical case.

Docker Network

In this article I will try to explain how Docker’s network system works and provide basic guidance on using these networks with your containers.

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Arton Demaku

DevOps Engineer with experience in AWS, GCP, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes. Passionate about automation and committed to delivering secure and reliable systems.