Docker : connect to ruuning container by using ssh

You can connect docker container in many ways.

Most simple way is using docker exec command.

docker exec [OPTIONS] CONTAINER COMMAND [ARG...]

Also, you can use docker attach command too.

docker attach <container-name>

But you can use ssh for connecting running container.

First, you have to know IP address of the container. You can know by this command

# You can know instance_name by
docker container ls

# And add your instance name below
export INSTANCE_NAME="your_instance_name"
docker inspect --format='' $INSTANCE_NAME
172.17.0.2

Then you can connect docker container by

ssh root@172.17.0.2