Host network not working

[jorgeparavicini]

Description

Host network has been out of beta on Mac for a few weeks now. However, it does not seem to work at all. We have a gateway that should connect directly to port 5000 and forward requests to other services running either in Docker or via an IDE. The problem is that the gateway container never even receives those requests. The gateway works without issues on the IDE and on Linux with Host Network enabled.
I've also followed this official documentation, which does not work either: https://docs.docker.com/engine/network/tutorials/host/

Reproduce

1. Completely uninstall Docker
2. Reinstall docker to make sure it's a clean setup
3. Run docker run --rm -d --network host --name my_nginx nginx

Expected behavior

We should be able to access the NGINX server on port 80. But the server does not respond to any requests

docker version

Client:
Version: 27.2.0
API version: 1.47
Go version: go1.21.13
Git commit: 3ab4256
Built: Tue Aug 27 14:14:45 2024
OS/Arch: darwin/arm64
Context: desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.34.2 (167172)
Engine:
Version: 27.2.0
API version: 1.47 (minimum version 1.24)
Go version: go1.21.13
Git commit: 3ab5c7d
Built: Tue Aug 27 14:15:41 2024
OS/Arch: linux/arm64
Experimental: false
containerd:
Version: 1.7.20
GitCommit: 8fc6bcff51318944179630522a095cc9dbf9f353
runc:
Version: 1.1.13
GitCommit: v1.1.13-0-g58aa920
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0

docker info

Client:
Version: 27.2.0
Context: desktop-linux
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.16.2-desktop.1
Path: /Users/jorge/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
Version: v2.29.2-desktop.2
Path: /Users/jorge/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
Version: 0.0.34
Path: /Users/jorge/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Alpha) (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.0.15
Path: /Users/jorge/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.1.2
Path: /Users/jorge/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.2.25
Path: /Users/jorge/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.0.5
Path: /Users/jorge/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-feedback
init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.3.0
Path: /Users/jorge/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
Version: 0.6.0
Path: /Users/jorge/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.13.0
Path: /Users/jorge/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

Server:
Containers: 27
Running: 25
Paused: 0
Stopped: 2
Images: 27
Server Version: 27.2.0
Storage Driver: overlayfs
driver-type: io.containerd.snapshotter.v1
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Cgroup Version: 2
Plugins:
Volume: local
Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: 8fc6bcff51318944179630522a095cc9dbf9f353
runc version: v1.1.13-0-g58aa920
init version: de40ad0
Security Options:
seccomp
Profile: unconfined
cgroupns
Kernel Version: 6.10.4-linuxkit
Operating System: Docker Desktop
OSType: linux
Architecture: aarch64
CPUs: 12
Total Memory: 7.655GiB
Name: docker-desktop
ID: 6c10e1b7-f554-4f10-8fec-30cf08aa62e2
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode: false
HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
Labels:
com.docker.desktop.address=unix:///Users/jorge/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/docker-cli.sock
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false

Diagnostics ID

EC518C6E-49B9-4305-AF42-47C74F0AB3BA/20241008065253

Additional Info

Im happy to provide any additional info if required

[unfixa1]

In the macOS version of Docker Desktop, the host network mode may not be fully supported, which may result in the failure to receive requests correctly.
In addition, on the M1/M2 architecture, Docker Desktop may have some specific network configuration issues.
You can use servbay to check the environment compatibility issues, which is very convenient for database connection and PHP environment setup. This is much easier to use on Mac than Docker