Add function to get IP address of a running container

Signed-off-by: Matthew Heon <matthew.heon@gmail.com>

Closes: #192
Approved by: rhatdan

libpod/container.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
@@ -297,6 +298,23 @@ func (c *Container) LogPath() string {
 	return c.logPath()
 }
 
+// IPAddress returns the IP address of the container
+// If the container does not have a network namespace, an error will be returned
+func (c *Container) IPAddress() (net.IP, error) {
+	c.lock.Lock()
+	defer c.lock.Unlock()
+
+	if err := c.syncContainer(); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error updating container %s state", c.ID())
+	}
+
+	if !c.config.CreateNetNS || c.state.NetNS == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(ErrInvalidArg, "container %s does not have a network namespace", c.ID())
+	}
+
+	return c.runtime.getContainerIP(c)
+}
+
 // ExitCode returns the exit code of the container as
 // an int32
 func (c *Container) ExitCode() (int32, error) {

libpod/networking.go

@@ -113,6 +113,27 @@ func joinNetNS(path string) (ns.NetNS, error) {
 	return ns, nil
 }
 
+// Get a container's IP address
+func (r *Runtime) getContainerIP(ctr *Container) (net.IP, error) {
+	if ctr.state.NetNS == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(ErrInvalidArg, "container %s has no network namespace, cannot get IP", ctr.ID())
+	}
+
+	podNetwork := getPodNetwork(ctr.ID(), ctr.Name(), ctr.state.NetNS.Path(), ctr.config.PortMappings)
+
+	ipStr, err := r.netPlugin.GetPodNetworkStatus(podNetwork)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error retrieving network status of container %s", ctr.ID())
+	}
+
+	ip := net.ParseIP(ipStr)
+	if ip == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(ErrInternal, "error parsing IP address %s for container %s", ipStr, ctr.ID())
+	}
+
+	return ip, nil
+}
+
 // Tear down a network namespace
 func (r *Runtime) teardownNetNS(ctr *Container) error {
 	if ctr.state.NetNS == nil {