Howto use dnsdock in Ubuntu 14.04 trusty

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Howto use dnsdock in Ubuntu 14.04 trusty

Using dnsdock resolves the problem of the changing IP's of containers. It is much easier to start a named container and use dns on the host to access the container simply by its name.

patch your /etc/ files so NetworkManager's dnsmasq to use the dnsdock nameserver.

sudo su -
cd
wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/rguimaraens/6b9e57673170dff76ad4/raw/c2e799aca9593fe735d11845606dc9753ff86db7/etc-dnsdock.patch
cd /etc
patch < /root/etc-dnsdock.patch
resolvconf -u
exit

start dnsdock container (and restart it on boot)

sudo docker run -d -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock --name dnsdock -p 172.17.42.1:53:53/udp --restart always  tonistiigi/dnsdock

test your new dns

ping dnsdock

etc-dnsdock.patch

diff --git a/default/docker b/default/docker
index 14e6601..2981969 100644
--- a/default/docker
+++ b/default/docker
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #DOCKER="/usr/local/bin/docker"
 
 # Use DOCKER_OPTS to modify the daemon startup options.
+DOCKER_OPTS="--bip=172.17.42.1/24 --dns 172.17.42.1"
 #DOCKER_OPTS="--dns 8.8.8.8 --dns 8.8.4.4"
 
 # If you need Docker to use an HTTP proxy, it can also be specified here.
diff --git a/network/interfaces b/network/interfaces
index f481d04..035973a 100644
--- a/network/interfaces
+++ b/network/interfaces
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ iface lo inet loopback
 #auto br0
 #iface br0 inet dhcp
 #    bridge_ports eth0
+dns-search docker
diff --git a/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head b/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head
index 74505dd..8a1f825 100644
--- a/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head
+++ b/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
 #     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
+nameserver 172.17.42.1