# At one shell, start a container and
# leave its shell idle and running
$ docker run -i -t --rm --net=none base /bin/bash
root@63f36fc01b5f:/#
# At another shell, learn the container process ID
# and create its namespace entry in /var/run/netns/
# for the "ip netns" command we will be using below
$ docker inspect -f '{{.State.Pid}}' 63f36fc01b5f
2778
$ pid=2778
$ sudo mkdir -p /var/run/netns
$ sudo ln -s /proc/$pid/ns/net /var/run/netns/$pid
# Check the bridge's IP address and netmask
$ ip addr show docker0
21: docker0: ...
inet 172.17.42.1/16 scope global docker0
...
# Create a pair of "peer" interfaces A and B,
# bind the A end to the bridge, and bring it up
$ sudo ip link add A type veth peer name B
$ sudo brctl addif docker0 A
$ sudo ip link set A up
# Place B inside the container's network namespace,
# rename to eth0, and activate it with a free IP
$ sudo ip link set B netns $pid
$ sudo ip netns exec $pid ip link set dev B name eth0
$ sudo ip netns exec $pid ip link set eth0 address 12:34:56:78:9a:bc
$ sudo ip netns exec $pid ip link set eth0 up
$ sudo ip netns exec $pid ip addr add 172.17.42.99/16 dev eth0
$ sudo ip netns exec $pid ip route add default via 172.17.42.1
# leave its shell idle and running
$ docker run -i -t --rm --net=none base /bin/bash
root@63f36fc01b5f:/#
# At another shell, learn the container process ID
# and create its namespace entry in /var/run/netns/
# for the "ip netns" command we will be using below
$ docker inspect -f '{{.State.Pid}}' 63f36fc01b5f
2778
$ pid=2778
$ sudo mkdir -p /var/run/netns
$ sudo ln -s /proc/$pid/ns/net /var/run/netns/$pid
# Check the bridge's IP address and netmask
$ ip addr show docker0
21: docker0: ...
inet 172.17.42.1/16 scope global docker0
...
# Create a pair of "peer" interfaces A and B,
# bind the A end to the bridge, and bring it up
$ sudo ip link add A type veth peer name B
$ sudo brctl addif docker0 A
$ sudo ip link set A up
# Place B inside the container's network namespace,
# rename to eth0, and activate it with a free IP
$ sudo ip link set B netns $pid
$ sudo ip netns exec $pid ip link set dev B name eth0
$ sudo ip netns exec $pid ip link set eth0 address 12:34:56:78:9a:bc
$ sudo ip netns exec $pid ip link set eth0 up
$ sudo ip netns exec $pid ip addr add 172.17.42.99/16 dev eth0
$ sudo ip netns exec $pid ip route add default via 172.17.42.1