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Understanding Unix Domain Sockets in Golang

Douglas Makey Mendez Molero on December 06, 2022

In Golang, a socket is a communication endpoint that allows a program to send and receive data over a network. There are two main types of sockets ...
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Ian

Really good article about Unix Domain Sockets/ Network sockets in Golang. Just what I need. Thanks!

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Gokulakrishnan

Great article, almost covered everything that I was looking for. Thanks!

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Douglas Makey Mendez Molero

Thank you very much. I hope you found the article helpful. I would be happy to discuss this topic further if you're interested.

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wenxuwan

If the two containers do not have a shared file directory (the same volume is not mounted), is there a way to communicate through unix