alexzeitgeist / docker-whois

Dockerized whois

zeitgeist/docker-whois

whois in a Docker container.

Requirements

• Docker 1.5+ (previous versions may work fine, but I haven't tried)

Installation

Get the trusted build on the docker hub:

$ docker pull zeitgeist/docker-whois

or download and compile the source yourself from Github:

$ git clone https://github.com/alexzeitgeist/docker-whois.git
$ cd docker-whois
$ docker build -t zeitgeist/docker-whois .

Usage

whois is a command line whois client. Its internal database is frequently updated to include new domains.

Example usage:

$ docker run --rm zeitgeist/docker-whois zeitgeist.se