Direct access to containers using Boot2Docker

Question

As part of using Docker as a development tool, I want direct access to docker containers that Boot2Docker has brought up.

For example if

docker inspect {container id}

says the ip is 172.17.0.5, I would like to be able to connect to the container via that ip address.

I'm completely against mounting ports on the boot2docker vm and connecting via them, it wont work for me long term.

Is there any kind of virtualbox config I can change to allow that kind of direct access.

Answer 1

This worked perfectly : sudo route -n add 172.17.0.0/16 boot2docker ip

Found the answer on a comment here : http://ispyker.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/accessing-docker-container-private.html