How to make a Docker container talk to geth.ipc on local host

Question

from web3 import Web3

web3 = Web3(Web3.IPCProvider("/Ethereum/geth.ipc"))
print(f'IPC connected: {web3.isConnected()}')  # want to return True

I have the above script Dockerized and I'm trying to connect to geth.ipc on local host and I can't seem to connect to it.

Here is how I run Docker:

docker run --mount type=bind,source=$HOME/Library/Ethereum,target=/Ethereum container1

I've verified that geth.ipc exists in /Ethereum directory but cannot seem to connect to it. Is there a way to do it?

The question might be related to this and here is my original question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52715141/how-to-make-a-docker-container-talk-to-geth-on-local-host

Answer 1

If you mount the folder containing the IPC file rather than the file directly it will work.

Answer 2

Use host.docker.internal

This works on Docker for Mac and Docker for Windows.

If you're on Linux, things get more complex. Please take a look at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24319662/from-inside-of-a-docker-container-how-do-i-connect-to-the-localhost-of-the-mach

Answer 3

geth.ipc represent an "Unix Domain Socket".

This article has steps to expose suck a socket to docker container.

https://www.jujens.eu/posts/en/2017/Feb/15/docker-unix-socket/