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How to Forward PORT to LXC container [quick tip ]

Posted on  3/13/2014

Quick Guide about how to forward port to lxc container using iptables , very quickly without using network bridging etc .
see how to setup LXC container .

Screen Shot 2014-03-13 at 11.18.17 pm
Screen Shot 2014-03-13 at 11.18.17 pm

 

sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to [DestinationIP:PORT]

I use that to forward port 80 to LXC container running Nginx . and now every request for 80 will be redirected to LXC container and nginx will serve the requested page .
If you are looking for some other resource some awesome projects are ..

  1. dokku
  2. docker
  3. flynn

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