diff --git a/docs/Getting-containers-IDs.md b/docs/Getting-containers-IDs.md index b4ccaf3..b998571 100644 --- a/docs/Getting-containers-IDs.md +++ b/docs/Getting-containers-IDs.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ And two methods to inform the **acme-companion** container of the **docker-gen** The methods for each container are sorted by order of precedence, meaning that if you use both the label and the volumes_from method, the ID of the **nginx**/**nginx-proxy** container that will be used will be the one found using the label. **There is no point in using more than one method at a time for either the nginx/nginx-proxy or docker-gen container beside potentially confusing yourself**. -The advantage the `label` methods have over the `environment variable` (and `volumes_from`) methods is enabling the use of the **acme-companion** in environments where containers names are dynamic, like in Swarm Mode or in Docker Cloud. Howhever if you intend to do so, as upstream **docker-gen** lacks the ability to identify containers from labels, you'll need both to either use the two containers setup or to replace nginx-proxy/docker-gen with a fork that has this ability like [herlderco/docker-gen](https://github.com/helderco/docker-gen). Be advised that for now, this works to a very limited extent [(everything has to be on the same node)](https://github.com/nginx-proxy/acme-companion/pull/231#issuecomment-330624331). +The advantage the `label` methods have over the `environment variable` (and `volumes_from`) methods is enabling the use of the **acme-companion** in environments where containers names are dynamic, like in Swarm Mode or in Docker Cloud. However if you intend to do so, as upstream **docker-gen** lacks the ability to identify containers from labels, you'll need both to either use the two containers setup or to replace nginx-proxy/docker-gen with a fork that has this ability like [herlderco/docker-gen](https://github.com/helderco/docker-gen). Be advised that for now, this works to a very limited extent [(everything has to be on the same node)](https://github.com/nginx-proxy/acme-companion/pull/231#issuecomment-330624331). #### Examples with three containers setups: