Allow user to specify container's link-local addresses

Signed-off-by: Alessandro Boch <aboch@docker.com>

docs/reference/commandline/create.md

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Creates a new container.
       -l, --label=[]                Set metadata on the container (e.g., --label=com.example.key=value)
       --label-file=[]               Read in a line delimited file of labels
       --link=[]                     Add link to another container
+      --link-local-ip=[]            Container IPv4/IPv6 link-local addresses (e.g. 169.254.0.77, fe80::77)
       --log-driver=""               Logging driver for container
       --log-opt=[]                  Log driver specific options
       -m, --memory=""               Memory limit

docs/reference/commandline/network_connect.md

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ parent = "smn_cli"
       --ip               IPv4 Address
       --ip6              IPv6 Address
       --link=[]          Add a link to another container
+      --link-local-ip=[] IPv4/IPv6 link-local addresses
 
 Connects a container to a network. You can connect a container by name
 or by ID. Once connected, the container can communicate with other containers in

docs/reference/commandline/run.md

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ parent = "smn_cli"
       -l, --label=[]                Set metadata on the container (e.g., --label=com.example.key=value)
       --label-file=[]               Read in a file of labels (EOL delimited)
       --link=[]                     Add link to another container
+      --link-local-ip=[]            Container IPv4/IPv6 link-local addresses (e.g. 169.254.0.77, fe80::77)
       --log-driver=""               Logging driver for container
       --log-opt=[]                  Log driver specific options
       -m, --memory=""               Memory limit

docs/reference/run.md

@@ -288,18 +288,19 @@ of the containers.
 
 ## Network settings
 
-    --dns=[]         : Set custom dns servers for the container
+    --dns=[]           : Set custom dns servers for the container
-    --net="bridge"   : Connect a container to a network
+    --net="bridge"     : Connect a container to a network
-                        'bridge': create a network stack on the default Docker bridge
+                          'bridge': create a network stack on the default Docker bridge
-                        'none': no networking
+                          'none': no networking
-                        'container:<name|id>': reuse another container's network stack
+                          'container:<name|id>': reuse another container's network stack
-                        'host': use the Docker host network stack
+                          'host': use the Docker host network stack
-                        '<network-name>|<network-id>': connect to a user-defined network
+                          '<network-name>|<network-id>': connect to a user-defined network
-    --net-alias=[]   : Add network-scoped alias for the container
+    --net-alias=[]     : Add network-scoped alias for the container
-    --add-host=""    : Add a line to /etc/hosts (host:IP)
+    --add-host=""      : Add a line to /etc/hosts (host:IP)
-    --mac-address="" : Sets the container's Ethernet device's MAC address
+    --mac-address=""   : Sets the container's Ethernet device's MAC address
-    --ip=""          : Sets the container's Ethernet device's IPv4 address
+    --ip=""            : Sets the container's Ethernet device's IPv4 address
-    --ip6=""         : Sets the container's Ethernet device's IPv6 address
+    --ip6=""           : Sets the container's Ethernet device's IPv6 address
+    --link-local-ip=[] : Sets one or more container's Ethernet device's link local IPv4/IPv6 addresses
 
 By default, all containers have networking enabled and they can make any
 outgoing connections. The operator can completely disable networking

man/docker-create.1.md

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ docker-create - Create a new container
 [**-l**|**--label**[=*[]*]]
 [**--label-file**[=*[]*]]
 [**--link**[=*[]*]]
+[**--link-local-ip**[=*[]*]]
 [**--log-driver**[=*[]*]]
 [**--log-opt**[=*[]*]]
 [**-m**|**--memory**[=*MEMORY*]]
@@ -220,6 +221,9 @@ millions of trillions.
    Add link to another container in the form of <name or id>:alias or just
    <name or id> in which case the alias will match the name.
 
+**--link-local-ip**=[]
+   Add one or more link-local IPv4/IPv6 addresses to the container's interface
+
 **--log-driver**="*json-file*|*syslog*|*journald*|*gelf*|*fluentd*|*awslogs*|*splunk*|*etwlogs*|*gcplogs*|*none*"
   Logging driver for container. Default is defined by daemon `--log-driver` flag.
   **Warning**: the `docker logs` command works only for the `json-file` and

man/docker-run.1.md

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ docker-run - Run a command in a new container
 [**-l**|**--label**[=*[]*]]
 [**--label-file**[=*[]*]]
 [**--link**[=*[]*]]
+[**--link-local-ip**[=*[]*]]
 [**--log-driver**[=*[]*]]
 [**--log-opt**[=*[]*]]
 [**-m**|**--memory**[=*MEMORY*]]
@@ -326,6 +327,9 @@ container can access the exposed port via a private networking interface. Docker
 will set some environment variables in the client container to help indicate
 which interface and port to use.
 
+**--link-local-ip**=[]
+   Add one or more link-local IPv4/IPv6 addresses to the container's interface
+
 **--log-driver**="*json-file*|*syslog*|*journald*|*gelf*|*fluentd*|*awslogs*|*splunk*|*etwlogs*|*gcplogs*|*none*"
   Logging driver for container. Default is defined by daemon `--log-driver` flag.
   **Warning**: the `docker logs` command works only for the `json-file` and