I am very new to using docker. I have been used to using dedicated VM’s and hosting the applications within the servers OS.

When hosting multiple applications/services that require the same port, is it best practice to spin up a whole new docker server or how should I go about the conflicts?

Ie. Hosting multiple web applications that utilize 443.

Thank you!

  • pacoboyd@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Just FYI, we may be using “internally” differently, but you can’t change the port number to the right of the “:” That’s usually a fixed port needed for the container (the internal docker port).

    I think you are using “internal” to mean your local network port though, but in Dockers case it would be the “external port” (external to docker).

    Flow would be: Proxy → External Docker Port (8080, can be variable) → Internal Docker Port (80, fixed per docker container)

    Probably getting overly picky with wording, but wanted to make sure you knew that the inernal docker port can’t be changed, just the mapping.