[Lxc-users] port numbers for containers

Nirmal Guhan vavatutu at gmail.com
Wed Aug 11 18:00:17 UTC 2010


On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 5:06 AM, Serge Hallyn
<serge.hallyn at canonical.com> wrote:
> Quoting Nirmal Guhan (vavatutu at gmail.com):
>> Hi,
>>
>> Want to know if port numbers are virtualized for containers or do the
>> containers and host share the port space ? Please let me know.
>
> Wrong layer.  If the container shares a network namespace with the
> host, then it shares its networking.  If it has its own network
> namespace, then it has its own entire network stack.  So no, 'port
> space' isn't virtualized.vs.shared, but the network devices are.
>
Thanks. How do I configure the container to have its own network stack?
--Nirmal




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