Merge pull request #9332 from jacobat/patch-1

Update documentation for EXPOSE
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James Turnbull
2014-11-29 09:27:49 -05:00

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The `EXPOSE` instructions informs Docker that the container will listen on the
specified network ports at runtime. Docker uses this information to interconnect
containers using links (see the [Docker User
Guide](/userguide/dockerlinks)). Note that `EXPOSE` only works for
inter-container links. It doesn't make ports accessible from the host. To
expose ports to the host, at runtime,
[use the `-p` flag](/userguide/dockerlinks).
Guide](/userguide/dockerlinks)) and to determine which ports to expose to the
host when [using the -P flag](/reference/run/#expose-incoming-ports).
**Note:**
`EXPOSE` doesn't define which ports can be exposed to the host or make ports
accessible from the host by default. To expose ports to the host, at runtime,
[use the `-p` flag](/userguide/dockerlinks) or
[the -P flag](/reference/run/#expose-incoming-ports).
## ENV