# Linking containers

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [13 مارس 2014، 2:22م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-containers/13694 "2014-03-13T14:22:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [31 مارس 2014، 2:19ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-containers/13694/4 "2014-03-31T02:19:27Z")

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It really depends on how you set up your server. Try running `ifconfig`

I think you should be able to use docker0 for this. `172.17.42.1`

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