The concepts of Linking are being revisited via the network revamp proposal with the help of Network Plugins : https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/9983 htt

The concepts of Linking are being revisited via the network revamp proposal with the help of Network Plugins : https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/9983 https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/9983. With the plugins providing State Distribution and Service Discovery the containers can be effectively linked across multi-host network.