EDIT: This is because I'm running my application in a docker container. I'm not sure what the best thing to do here is – I could delete the question, but if others are as slow as I am, then I this might lead them to the real question which is here:
How to get the IP address of the docker host from inside a docker container
I'm hoping to get the local IP address of the computer my node application is running on. Using the following:
const nets = require('os').networkInterfaces();
console.log('NETS', nets);
I get this output:
{
lo: [
{
address: '127.0.0.1',
netmask: '255.0.0.0',
family: 'IPv4',
mac: '00:00:00:00:00:00',
internal: true,
cidr: '127.0.0.1/8'
}
],
eth0: [
{
address: '172.19.0.7',
netmask: '255.255.0.0',
family: 'IPv4',
mac: '02:42:ac:13:00:07',
internal: false,
cidr: '172.19.0.7/16'
}
]
}
I understand that addresses beginning with 172 are local network addresses like those beginning with 192, but if I put that 172 address into a browser nothing happens at all.
If I check my network settings, it says my local address is of the typical 192.168.1.xx sort, and putting that ip in a browser does access my local server.
I'm running this on mac os x.
My end goal is really to get the 192 address if I can, which I thought the networkInterfaces() function would allow me to do. If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated
Michael
