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by thedevopsguy 4337 days ago
When I first starting working with docker I'd use the

  docker inspect $CONTAINER |  grep -i VAR  
pattern alot until I discovered that you can do use the container name and do go with:

   docker inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' replset1

Service discovery and docker is still a pain point with the technology. Serf [1] and etcd [2] are tools that manages a cluster of services and helps solve the problem described in the article.

[1] Serf is by the guys behind Vagrant. - http://www.serfdom.io/

[2] etcd - http://coreos.com/using-coreos/etcd/