Mikrotik RouterOS in Docker

This extrasmall image was created for tests purpose only, for example on this project based unit testing of routeros-api-php library. If you need fully functional "RouterOS in Docker" for production usage look at VR Network Lab project.

How to use

Create your own Dockerfile

List of all available tags is here, latest will be used by default.

FROM evilfreelancer/docker-routeros
ADD ["your-scripts.sh", "/"]
RUN /your-scripts.sh

Use image from docker hub

docker pull evilfreelancer/docker-routeros
docker run -d -p 2222:22 -p 8728:8728 -p 8729:8729 -p 5900:5900 -ti evilfreelancer/docker-routeros

Use in docker-compose.yml

Example is here.

version: "3"

services:

  routeros-6-42:
    image: evilfreelancer/docker-routeros:6.42.12
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "12222:22"
      - "12223:23"
      - "18728:8728"
      - "18729:8729"

  routeros-6-44:
    image: evilfreelancer/docker-routeros:6.44
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "22222:22"
      - "22223:23"
      - "28728:8728"
      - "28729:8729"

Build from sources

For this you need download project and build everything from scratch:

git clone https://github.com/EvilFreelancer/docker-routeros.git
cd docker-routeros
docker build . --tag ros
docker run -d -p 2222:22 -p 8728:8728 -p 8729:8729 -p 5900:5900 -ti ros

Now you can connect to your RouterOS container via VNC protocol (on localhost 5900 port) and via SSH (on localhost 2222 port).

List of exposed ports

For access via VNC: 5900

Default ports of RouterOS: 21, 22, 23, 80, 443, 8291, 8728, 8729

IPSec: 50, 51, 500, 4500

OpenVPN: 1194

L2TP: 1701

PPTP: 1723