Greeting webservice used for my automation tests. To run the container, use something like:
docker run -i -t --rm --name=GreetingService dangermike64/automation-webservice
You must give the container a name to expose the IP address to other containers.
To test that the container is running, assuming you are on the same machine as the conatiner, open a web browser and nvaigate to:
http://localhost:3000
To get a JSON response, hit the greeting endpoint:
http://localhost:3000/hello/world
You can link this container to other containers. e.g.:
docker run -i -t --rm --link=GreetingService:GreetingEndpoint dangermike64/automation-test-ws gradle test
here we link to the name given to the greeting container (GreetingServer). GreetingEndpoint is host name add to the dangermike64/automation-test-ws containers etc/host file. (In this example, the container uses that endpoint to test the web service.)