Docker-compose with ufw-docker in Ubuntu 20.04

Problem

During development using docker-compose on Ubuntu, I realized something weird was happening with my UFW. It just did not work as it should. Publishing ports in docker-compose just overrid any UFW settings, and I was no longer able to use UFW to control the traffic.

You could say that if you expose a port, the purpose is to keep it open, but sometimes I still want to use a firewall to open/close port access, without disturbing the running services. So I need UFW to work. And because of how Docker and UFW/Ubuntu works, it is not very easy to solve. The current best solution i have found is ufw-docker.

Solution

sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/ufw-docker \\  
https://github.com/chaifeng/ufw-docker/raw/master/ufw-docker  
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ufw-docker  
sudo ufw-docker install  
sudo ufw-docker allow traefik 443  
sudo ufw-docker delete allow traefik 443

Note! If you use docker-compose down and docker-compose up, the ip-address of the container might change, and you need to repeat the process.