func (daemon *Daemon) RegisterLinks(container *Container, hostConfig *runconfig.HostConfig) error { if hostConfig != nil && hostConfig.Links != nil { for _, l := range hostConfig.Links { parts, err := parsers.PartParser("name:alias", l) if err != nil { return err } child, err := daemon.GetByName(parts["name"]) if err != nil { return err } if child == nil { return fmt.Errorf("Could not get container for %s", parts["name"]) } if err := daemon.RegisterLink(container, child, parts["alias"]); err != nil { return err } } // After we load all the links into the daemon // set them to nil on the hostconfig hostConfig.Links = nil if err := container.WriteHostConfig(); err != nil { return err } } return nil }