#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : Docker breaks the host network, or containers cannot resolve names # Fix : Give containers a resolver they can reach # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-ctr-network # # Run as : Root shell # Expect : 25 minutes # Risk : medium # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # Containers resolve nothing, or only external names. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # Remove the dns keys from daemon.json and restart Docker. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 5" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " Docker breaks the host network, or containers cannot resolve names" echo " Give containers a resolver they can reach" echo echo " Risk: medium Reversible 25 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'See what the container was given.' '' cmd 'docker run --rm alpine cat /etc/resolv.conf' 'cat /etc/resolv.conf'; then docker run --rm alpine cat /etc/resolv.conf cat /etc/resolv.conf if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'If the host'\''s resolv.conf points at 127.0.0.53, Docker substitutes public resolvers -- which cannot resolve internal names.' 'This is why a container can reach the internet and not the company'\''s own DNS. The loopback stub resolver is meaningless inside the container'\''s namespace, so Docker silently swaps in 8.8.8.8.' cmd 'resolvectl status | head -20'; then resolvectl status | head -20 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Set real resolvers for the daemon.' '' cmd 'sudo tee -a /etc/docker/daemon.json >/dev/null <<'\''EOF'\''' '{' ' "dns": ["10.0.0.10", "10.0.0.11"],' ' "dns-search": ["example.local"]' '}' 'EOF' 'sudo systemctl restart docker'; then sudo tee -a /etc/docker/daemon.json >/dev/null <<'EOF' { "dns": ["10.0.0.10", "10.0.0.11"], "dns-search": ["example.local"] } EOF sudo systemctl restart docker if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'Remember that container-to-container name resolution only works on a user-defined network, not on the default bridge.' 'This surprises people constantly: containers on the default bridge cannot resolve each other by name at all. Creating a network is the fix, and it takes one command.' cmd 'docker network create appnet' 'docker run -d --name db --network appnet postgres:16' 'docker run --rm --network appnet alpine nslookup db'; then docker network create appnet docker run -d --name db --network appnet postgres:16 docker run --rm --network appnet alpine nslookup db if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 5 'Check the daemon.json is valid JSON -- two separate objects appended will stop Docker starting.' '' cmd 'python3 -m json.tool < /etc/docker/daemon.json'; then python3 -m json.tool < /etc/docker/daemon.json if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'A container resolves both internal and external names.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then docker run --rm alpine sh -c 'nslookup fileserver.example.local; nslookup google.com' fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-ctr-network" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: Remove the dns keys from daemon.json and restart Docker.' rule