====== Docker - Networking - The default bridge network ====== Every clean installation of Docker comes with a pre-built network called **bridge**. docker network ls returns: NETWORK ID NAME DRIVER SCOPE 45df8a26c099 bridge bridge local 99d0975ea463 host host local 0190ffd8ff93 none null local **NOTE:** The **bridge** network is associated with the bridge driver. * It is important to note that the network and the driver are connected, but they are not the same. * In this example the network and the driver have the same name - but they are not the same thing! * The output above also shows that the bridge network is scoped locally. * This means that the network only exists on this Docker host. * This is true of all networks using the bridge driver - the bridge driver provides single-host networking. * All networks created with the bridge driver are based on a Linux bridge (a.k.a. a virtual switch). ----