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SSH into Docker Toolbox

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Requirements

You shell must have an SSH client (the ssh command or equivalent).

See also

• Open a terminal on MacOS
• Open a terminal on Windows
• Find Docker Toolbox IP address

Manual

Before going to use the automated approach, you should understand how to fetch all required information via the docker-machine command.

Gather all information

1. Get active Toolbox machine name

   host> docker-machine active
   default
   

2. Print all information

   host> docker-machine -D ssh default
   Host : localhost
   Port : 51701
   User : docker
   Key : .docker\machine\machines\default\id_rsa
   

Gather specific information

1. Get active Toolbox machine name

   host> docker-machine active
   default
   

2. Get SSH username (Using machine name default from above)

   host> docker-machine inspect default --format={{.Driver.SSHUser}}
   docker
   

3. Get SSH public key (Using machine name default from above)

   host> docker-machine inspect default --format={{.Driver.SSHKeyPath}}
   .docker\machine\machines\default\id_rsa
   

4. Get local SSH port (Using machine name default from above)

   host> docker-machine inspect default --format={{.Driver.SSHPort}}
   51701
   

5. Get Docker Toolbox IP address (Using machine name default from above)

   host> docker-machine ip default
   192.168.99.100
   

SSH into Docker Toolbox

Now with the above gathered information you can ssh into Docker Toolbox in two different ways:

1. via local port-forwarded ssh port (automatically forwarded by Docker Toolbox)

   host> ssh -i .docker\machine\machines\default\id_rsa -p 51701 docker@127.0.0.1
   

2. via Docker Toolbox IP address

   host> ssh -i .docker\machine\machines\default\id_rsa docker@192.168.99.100
   

Automated

Instead of typing all of the above manually each time, you can also create a small bash script to automate this.

1. Create a file ssh-docker.sh and add the following to it:

   ssh-docker.sh

   #!/bin/bash
   docker_machine_name=$(docker-machine active)
   docker_ssh_user=$(docker-machine inspect $docker_machine_name --format={{.Driver.SSHUser}})
   docker_ssh_key=$(docker-machine inspect $docker_machine_name --format={{.Driver.SSHKeyPath}})
   docker_ssh_port=$(docker-machine inspect $docker_machine_name --format={{.Driver.SSHPort}})
   
   ssh -i $docker_ssh_key -p $docker_ssh_port $docker_ssh_user@localhost
   

2. Run it:

   host> bash ssh-docker.sh
   

See also

Stackoverflow: SSH into Docker machine