From dac6cf4ae25d8c1abe88d7d2cbc07ba082e2dc7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sparklyballs Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 23:53:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add extra parameters info --- README.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7da4072..4797846 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ docker create \ linuxserver/nginx ``` -**Parameters** +## Parameters + +`The parameters are split into two halves, separated by a colon, the left hand side representing the host and the right the container side. +For example with a port -p external:internal - what this shows is the port mapping from internal to external of the container. +So -p 8080:80 would expose port 80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port 8080 +http://192.168.x.x:8080 would show you what's running INSIDE the container on port 80.` + * `-p 80` - The web-services. * `-p 443` - The SSL-Based Webservice