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Try<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-42764455-1">docker container inspect --format '{{.NetworkSettings.Networks.nat.IPAddress }}' sql2</code></pre>
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Try


docker container inspect --format '{{.NetworkSettings.Networks.nat.IPAddress }}' sql2

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Nope, i have got the empty string
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What container are you running?
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microsoft/mssql-server-win<wbr />dows-expre<wbr />ss:latest
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microsoft/mssql-server-windows-express:latest

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docker pull microsoft/mssql-server-win<wbr />dows-expre<wbr />ss
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docker pull microsoft/mssql-server-windows-express

Varshini S

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i have used the below command to connect to the network<br />
docker network connect multi-host-network sql2
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i have used the below command to connect to the network
docker network connect multi-host-network sql2

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Following command Not returning any IP address it just returns an empty string<br />
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docker inspect --format '{{.NetworkSettings.Networ<wbr />ks.nat.IPA<wbr />ddress}}' sql2<br />
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Following command Not returning any IP address it just returns an empty string

docker inspect --format '{{.NetworkSettings.Networks.nat.IPAddress}}' sql2

why docker command not returning IP address?

Docker is a computer program used to run software packages called containers in an operating-system-level virtualization process called containerization. It’s developed by Docker, Inc. and was first released in 2013.