Docker can't access app in Host when port binding 8080

Question

I have a docker image with a Java spring boot application which starts and run with no problem in a docker container at the port 8080 as you can see in a portion of the logs:

   2020-02-24 02:09:07.906  INFO : Tomcat started on port(s): 8080 (http) with context path '/web-app'
   2020-02-24 02:09:07.909  INFO : Started web-app in 7.034 seconds (JVM running for 7.601)

If I run a curl command inside the container (using the terminal) I get the right response back which indicates the server is app and running.

/# curl http://localhost:8080/web-app/cars/1
{"id":"1"}

Now the problem comes when I try to access the app on the host, I'm using Windows 10 btw (in a web browser http://localhost:8080/web-app/cars/1), here's how I run the docker image.

docker run web-app -p 8080:8080

however, I don't think this is a Windows issue since I can run a simple nginx server and I can access it on the host with no problem.

docker run -d -p 80:80 nginx

One thing I notice is when seeing the running containers, the port column

C:\Users\luis>docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED              STATUS              PORTS                NAMES
71c99d5a2c66        nginx               "nginx -g 'daemon of…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp   loving_hypatia
86080fcce5d6        web-app            "java -jar /usr/app/…"    13 minutes ago       Up 13 minutes       8080/tcp             vigorous_swanso

As you can see for the working container the PORT column looks like 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp but for the non-working container the column looks like 8080/tcp

Here's the Dockerfile in case it helps (Notice I'm exposing the 8080 PORT):

# Building the APP from Maven image
FROM maven:3.6.0-jdk-11-slim AS build
COPY src /home/app/src
COPY pom.xml /home/app
RUN mvn -f /home/app/pom.xml clean package

# From previous stage run the WAR created
FROM openjdk:11-jre-slim
COPY --from=build /home/app/target/web-app-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.war /usr/local/lib/web-app.jar
EXPOSE 8080
ENTRYPOINT ["java","-jar","/usr/local/lib/web-app.jar"]

Am I missing something here?

EDIT: Here's the docker inspect:

C:\Users\luis>docker inspect a900f22848b2
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]

Answer 1

The port mapping was not working simply because I was setting it in the wrong order.

The correct way:

docker run -p 8080:8080 web-app 

The way I was running the container and the port mapping was NOT working.

docker run web-app -p 8080:8080

Answer 2

run docker-machine ls. It will return an ip under URL column.

$ docker-machine ls -t 12
NAME      ACTIVE   DRIVER       STATE     URL                         SWARM   DOCKER   ERRORS
default   -        virtualbox   Running   tcp://192.168.99.100:2376           v1.9.1

Use that instead like curl -i 192.168.99.100:8080/web-app/cars/1