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Remove the naming digression from the networking tutorial
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simple application. You've also built in your own images. This section teaches
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you how to network your containers.
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## Name a container
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You've already seen that each container you create has an automatically
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created name; indeed you've become familiar with our old friend
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`nostalgic_morse` during this guide. You can also name containers
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yourself. This naming provides two useful functions:
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* You can name containers that do specific functions in a way
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that makes it easier for you to remember them, for example naming a
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container containing a web application `web`.
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* Names provide Docker with a reference point that allows it to refer to other
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containers. There are several commands that support this and you'll use one in an exercise later.
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You name your container by using the `--name` flag, for example launch a new container called web:
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$ docker run -d -P --name web training/webapp python app.py
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Use the `docker ps` command to check the name:
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$ docker ps -l
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CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
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aed84ee21bde training/webapp:latest python app.py 12 hours ago Up 2 seconds 0.0.0.0:49154->5000/tcp web
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You can also use `docker inspect` with the container's name.
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$ docker inspect web
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[
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{
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"Id": "3ce51710b34f5d6da95e0a340d32aa2e6cf64857fb8cdb2a6c38f7c56f448143",
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"Created": "2015-10-25T22:44:17.854367116Z",
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"Path": "python",
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"Args": [
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"app.py"
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],
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"State": {
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"Status": "running",
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"Running": true,
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"Paused": false,
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"Restarting": false,
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"OOMKilled": false,
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...
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Container names must be unique. That means you can only call one container
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`web`. If you want to re-use a container name you must delete the old container
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(with `docker rm`) before you can reuse the name with a new container. Go ahead and stop and remove your old `web` container.
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$ docker stop web
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web
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$ docker rm web
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## Launch a container on the default network
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Docker includes support for networking containers through the use of **network
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## Next steps
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Now that you know how to network containers, see [how to manage data in containers](dockervolumes.md).
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Now that you know how to network containers, see [how to manage data in containers](dockervolumes.md).

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