podman-network-connect(1) General Commands Manual podman-network-connect(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-network-connect - Connect a container to a network

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman network connect** \[*options*] network container

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Connects a container to a network. A container can be connected to a network by name or by ID. Once connected, the container can communicate with other containers in the same network.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

## **--alias**=*name*

Add network-scoped alias for the container. If the network has DNS enabled (**podman network inspect -f {{.DNSEnabled}} <NAME>**), these aliases can be used for name resolution on the given network in addition to the container name. Multiple *--alias* options may be specified as input. See **DNS NOTES** in [**podman-network(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.1/podman-network.1).

## **--ip**=*address*

Set a static ipv4 address for this container on this network.

## **--ip6**=*address*

Set a static ipv6 address for this container on this network.

## **--mac-address**=*address*

Set a static mac address for this container on this network.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

Connect specified container to a named network:

```
podman network connect test web
```

Connect specified container to named network with two aliases:

```
podman network connect --alias web1 --alias web2 test web
```

Connect specified container to named network with a static ip:

```
podman network connect --ip 10.89.1.13 test web
```

Connect specified container to named network with a static mac address:

```
podman network connect --mac-address 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33 test web
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**podman(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.1/podman.1), [**podman-network(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.1/podman-network.1), [**podman-network-inspect(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.1/podman-network-inspect.1), [**podman-network-disconnect(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.1/podman-network-disconnect.1)

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

November 2020, Originally compiled by Brent Baude bbaude@redhat.com ⟨mailto:bbaude@redhat.com⟩

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Document: podman-network-connect(1) from podman-doc-6.1 6.1.4-r8 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/podman