`--network host` not resolving to Docker Desktop host

[ReubenFrankel]

• [x] I have tried with the latest version of Docker Desktop
• [x] I have tried disabling enabled experimental features
• [x] I have uploaded Diagnostics
• Diagnostics ID: bdfdb712-7db3-4101-ba47-3b9f28955471/20221019094322

Expected behavior

• localhost/127.0.0.1 resolves to Docker Desktop host with --network host

Actual behavior

• localhost/127.0.0.1 does not resolve to Docker Desktop host with --network host
• host.docker.internal does resolve to Docker Desktop host with --network host

Information

• Linux distro: Ubuntu
• Distro version: 22.04.1 LTS
• Docker Desktop Version: 4.12.0 (85629)

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I've been having this problem for a while now, so isn't version-specific AFAIK. I am aware Docker Desktop runs a Linux VM, so (I think) --network host is resolving to the VM network instead of the host OS network. I was under the impression that this should work after reading this blog post - specifically:

Seamless plumbing into the host OS giving containers access to the filesystem and networking

or I might just be missing something fundamental. :sweat_smile:

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. python -m http.server 8080
2. docker run --rm --network host alpine sh -c 'apk add curl -q && curl -sv -o /dev/null http://localhost:8080'

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[ReubenFrankel]

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[hissssst]

I have exactly the same issue

[darkship]

I have this issue too since I use docker desktop with docker compose.

The easiest and recommended way to get Docker Compose is to install Docker Desktop.