traefik

Sometimes, Docker’s usual http://1.2.3.4:8080 syntax is just fine for localdev. Othertimes, it’s not. Let’s explore when you’ll need to change things up, why you need to do so, and how to easily achieve the next step up: https-enabled domain names for your local environments.

Opening up the Docker socket to a container results in the possibility that someone can utilize that container to break into the host machine. This is an example showing how to prevent such a jailbreak - it uses a localdev stack, though the solution for the socket used can also be used in a production environment.