Networks option does not support aliases in create service

[hussam-almarzoq]

[lyager]

I've added a pull-reguest for the issue here: #1573

[hussam-almarzoq]

@lyager But this does not help with services .

[lyager]

@hussam-almarzoq Could you maybe provide a codesnippet?

[hussam-almarzoq]

@lyager The APIClient has a method called create_container. This method has a parameter named networking_config where I can attach the container to networks and add aliases. This parameter is not available to the high level containers api nor the swarm services api even in low level ones.

[lyager]

What I did using the above patch was (without using the underlaying API):

Build the containers needed: client.build
Create the containers: client.create
Attach containers to network, using aliases: network.connect(container, aliases=[])
And start the container: container.start()

Not a solution to you API request, I agree, but maybe as a workaround?

[hussam-almarzoq]

@lyager Works good enough with containers. But what about swarm services ?

[lyager]

@hussam-almarzoq Haven't used swarm services much. Sorry

[overmike]

Is there any update on this issue?

to whom may interest, I circumvent by using the engine api networkattachment format
docker_client.services.create(....., networks=[{'Target': 'data', 'Aliases': ['mysql']}])