- 1 year ago
Make call to my local machine using os.system() from within a docker container
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You can access your local machine from within a Docker container by using the host.docker.internal
hostname. You can use this hostname in place of the IP address or hostname of your local machine when making calls from the container.
For example, if you want to run a command on your local machine using os.system()
from within a Docker container, you can do the following:
pythonimport os
# Replace 'YOUR_COMMAND' with the command you want to run on your local machine
command = 'YOUR_COMMAND'
# Use 'host.docker.internal' in place of the IP address or hostname of your local machine
os.system(f'ssh user@host.docker.internal {command}')
In the above example, the command YOUR_COMMAND
will be executed on your local machine over SSH. The host.docker.internal
hostname resolves to the IP address of the Docker host, which should be your local machine.