How to assign Static IP address to a container using Docker Compose

Lab Environment:

Ubuntu 16.10 OS running on ESXi
Docker 17.06.0 & Docker Compose installed

Pre-requisites:

Open /etc/default/docker and add the below entry:

DOCKER_OPTS="--bridge=br0 --ip-masq=false --iptables=false".

Save the file. Assuming that br0 bridge is already configured.

Add the below format to your /etc/network/interface -

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
    pre-up ip addr flush dev eth0
    address 192.168.0.249
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    gateway 192.168.0.1

Please note that container should be started with --cap-add=NET_ADMIN --net=bridge. Asso, container's entry script should begin with /etc/init.d/networking start. Also entry script needs to edit or populate /etc/hosts file in order to remove references to Docker-assigned IP.

Steps:

git clone https://github.com/ajeetraina/docker101
cd docker101/networking/static

Running the Docker Compose

docker-compose up -d

Verify the service up and running

==>docker-compose logs
Attaching to ubuntu-container
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