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WSL2: Access from Windows to container IPs

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

As we have a development workflow based on DNS, to achieve this we need the access to containers ips from the dev machies. It is quite straightforward on Linux, on OSX we just need to set a custom route 172.16.0.0/24 to the docker-machine.

How can we achieve this on WSL2 ? Is there something already supported ?

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Research direction

The issue does not identify files, tests, or an entry point. Start by investigating existing WSL2 networking and routing support, using the Linux route and macOS docker-machine behavior described in the report as comparisons; done would mean a documented or implemented way for Windows to access container IPs.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker
Domain
networking, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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