Redis at some-redis:6379: Name or service not known

I am running Docker with Hyper-V on Windows 10 Enterprise and attempting to create a Redis container using the official latest Redis image. I followed the instructions on the Docker website (https://www.docker.com/blog/how-to-use-the-redis-docker-official-image/) but I am encountering the following error:

Redis at some-redis:6379: Name or service not known

I do feel like I'm missing something, but not sure why as this is what the documentations say, but maybe it was just a general idea of how to set it up? Also, there is no Dockerfile so maybe that's missing.

Maybe the network commands are wrong:

docker network create some-network
​​docker run -it --network some-network --rm redis redis-cli -h some-redis

Shouldn't it be a bridged network, and shouldn't there be a Dockerfile with these settings in it?

The containers you create need to stay in the same Docker network in order to be able to communicate.

In your case, first create the network:

docker network create some-network

then create the redis-server, with the specification of the network (just created) and port to expose:

docker run --name some-redis --network some-network -p 6379:6379 -d redis redis-server --save 60 1 --loglevel warning

finally, start the cli on the same network that will bind to the 6379 port:

docker run -it --network some-network --rm redis redis-cli -h some-redis