Docker & Host System IP Conflict
Docker uses the default 172.17. 0.0/16 subnet for container networking. If your host system is in this subnet block, you will experience an IP conflict when the docker service or a container is started. To avoid IP conflict, you can change the default docker subnet by modifying the /etc/docker/daemon.json file:
- First, check if /etc/docker/daemon.json exists, if not, create it:
touch /etc/docker/daemon.json
- Modify daemon.json file with a preferred text editor
sudo nano /etc/docker/daemon.json
Paste the following lines:
- Save the file by clicking “ctrl+x” and then clicking “y” and finally pressing the “enter".
- Restart docker service by executing the following command:
sudo service docker restart
- Check the IP address of the docker0 interface:
ifconfig docker0
- The output should look like this:
docker0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.10.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 10.10.255.255
ether AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF txqueuelen 0 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
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