Boot2docker - teach the mac how to connect to the containers by adjusting it's routing.

establish-routing-to-boot2docker-container-network

#!/bin/bash
# Script to instruct the Mac how to route packets to the
# software defined network where containers created via boot2docker
# reside.  This lets you casually directly to ports (ssh, http, etc. etc.)
# on those containers.
function ERROR(){ echo "ERROR: $*" ; }
function FAIL(){ echo "FAILING: $*" ; exit 1; }
if [[ 'running' != $(boot2docker status) ]]
then FAIL "boot2docker's VM not running" ; fi
IP_OF_DOCKER_HOST=$(boot2docker ip 2> /dev/null)
SDN_NET_FOR_CONTAINERS=$(boot2docker ssh ip route show 2> /dev/null | awk '/docker0/{print $1}' )
echo "Establishing route to $SDN_NET_FOR_CONTAINERS via $IP_OF_DOCKER_HOST"
if netstat -rn | awk "\$2 == \"$IP_OF_DOCKER_HOST\" {exit(1);}" ; then
    sudo route -n add "$SDN_NET_FOR_CONTAINERS" "$IP_OF_DOCKER_HOST"
else
    ERROR "Already routing something to the docker VM ..."
    netstat -rn \
        | awk '$2 == "192.168.59.103"||/Destination.*Refs/{print;}'
    FAIL "... so never mind."
fi

Thanks a lot for posting this! Helped a lot