Docker container networking issues

[xorinzor]

I have setup my squid-proxy container to connect to my VPN by using the extra parameter:

--net="container:vpn"

In combination with Network-type: none, to make sure no data leaks to the public connection outside of the VPN.

Which works absolutely great, but one issue I've run into is that if, for whatever reason, I need to restart my VPN container the connection won't be re-established between these containers.

 

I'll have to make sure to restart the squid-proxy container after this as well. And if both are stopped, I need to make sure that the VPN container is started before the squid-proxy container is started in order for the connection to be established.

 

Not being very experienced with docker, I'm wondering if there is a better way of doing this. Or perhaps a way of doing the same thing, where the connection will be automatically re-established if it detects that the container has started again.

Edited December 2, 2018 by xorinzor

[xorinzor]

Quite busy lately and forgot about this topic. It's still very much an issue and would really like some advice.