network: add container networking intro from docker run reference

This change adds more introductory information about container
networking to the networking overview page, moving it from the docker
run reference page.

Signed-off-by: David Karlsson <35727626+dvdksn@users.noreply.github.com>
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Container networking refers to the ability for containers to connect to and
communicate with each other, or to non-Docker workloads.
A container has no information about what kind of network it's attached to,
or whether their peers are also Docker workloads or not.
A container only sees a network interface with an IP address,
a gateway, a routing table, DNS services, and other networking details.
That is, unless the container uses the `none` network driver.
Containers have networking enabled by default, and they can make outgoing
connections. A container has no information about what kind of network it's
attached to, or whether their peers are also Docker workloads or not. A
container only sees a network interface with an IP address, a gateway, a
routing table, DNS services, and other networking details. That is, unless the
container uses the `none` network driver.
This page describes networking from the point of view of the container,
and the concepts around container networking.
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For information about how Docker manipulates `iptables` rules on Linux,
see [Packet filtering and firewalls](packet-filtering-firewalls.md).
## User-defined networks
You can create custom, user-defined networks, and connect multiple containers
to the same network. Once connected to a user-defined network, containers can
communicate with each other using container IP addresses or container names.
The following example creates a network using the `bridge` network driver and
running a container in the created network:
```console
$ docker network create -d bridge my-net
$ docker run --network=my-net -itd --name=container3 busybox
```
### Drivers
The following network drivers are available by default, and provide core
networking functionality:
| Driver | Description |
| :-------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `bridge` | The default network driver. |
| `host` | Remove network isolation between the container and the Docker host. |
| `none` | Completely isolate a container from the host and other containers. |
| `overlay` | Overlay networks connect multiple Docker daemons together. |
| `ipvlan` | IPvlan networks provide full control over both IPv4 and IPv6 addressing. |
| `macvlan` | Assign a MAC address to a container. |
For more information about the different drivers, see [Network drivers
overview](./drivers/_index.md).
## Container networks
In addition to user-defined networks, you can attach a container to another
container's networking stack directly, using the `--network
container:<name|id>` flag format.
The following flags aren't supported for containers using the `container:`
networking mode:
- `--add-host`
- `--hostname`
- `--dns`
- `--dns-search`
- `--dns-option`
- `--mac-address`
- `--publish`
- `--publish-all`
- `--expose`
The following example runs a Redis container, with Redis binding to
`localhost`, then running the `redis-cli` command and connecting to the Redis
server over the `localhost` interface.
```console
$ docker run -d --name redis example/redis --bind 127.0.0.1
$ docker run --rm -it --network container:redis example/redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1
```
## Published ports
By default, when you create or run a container using `docker create` or `docker run`,
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mapping a container port to a port on the Docker host to the outside world.
Here are some examples:
| Flag value | Description |
| ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `-p 8080:80` | Map port `8080` on the Docker host to TCP port `80` in the container. |
| Flag value | Description |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `-p 8080:80` | Map port `8080` on the Docker host to TCP port `80` in the container. |
| `-p 192.168.1.100:8080:80` | Map port `8080` on the Docker host IP `192.168.1.100` to TCP port `80` in the container. |
| `-p 8080:80/udp` | Map port `8080` on the Docker host to UDP port `80` in the container. |
| `-p 8080:80/tcp -p 8080:80/udp` | Map TCP port `8080` on the Docker host to TCP port `80` in the container, and map UDP port `8080` on the Docker host to UDP port `80` in the container.|
| `-p 8080:80/tcp -p 8080:80/udp` | Map TCP port `8080` on the Docker host to TCP port `80` in the container, and map UDP port `8080` on the Docker host to UDP port `80` in the container. |
> **Important**
>
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## DNS services
By default, containers inherit the DNS settings of the host,
as defined in the `/etc/resolv.conf` configuration file.
Containers use the same DNS servers as the host by default, but you can
override this with `--dns`.
By default, containers inherit the DNS settings as defined in the
`/etc/resolv.conf` configuration file.
Containers that attach to the default `bridge` network receive a copy of this file.
Containers that attach to a
[custom network](network-tutorial-standalone.md#use-user-defined-bridge-networks)
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### Custom hosts
Custom hosts, defined in `/etc/hosts` on the host machine, aren't inherited by containers.
To pass additional hosts into container, refer to
[add entries to container hosts file](../engine/reference/commandline/run.md#add-host)
in the `docker run` reference documentation.
Your container will have lines in `/etc/hosts` which define the hostname of the
container itself, as well as `localhost` and a few other common things. Custom
hosts, defined in `/etc/hosts` on the host machine, aren't inherited by
containers. To pass additional hosts into container, refer to [add entries to
container hosts file](../engine/reference/commandline/run.md#add-host) in the
`docker run` reference documentation.
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