title: Azure ip address refused for docker
body: <p>I was following the process mention <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-linux-docker-machine/" rel="nofollow">on the azure site</a> to create a docker machine in azure. </p>
  
  <p>The docker was able to create the necessary components in Azure but comes back with the message of</p>
  
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    <p>No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.</p>
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  <p>Building the docker image or simply trying to query it with <code>docker images</code> returns this message.</p>
  
  <p>I suspect that the IP Address assigned is not made public although it is configured in Azure. <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HQDWW.png" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HQDWW.png" alt="enter image description here"></a> <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/LH9Zv.png" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/LH9Zv.png" alt="enter image description here"></a>.</p>
  
  <p>This is probably not docker related but to the Azure configuration. How does one ensure the IPAddress here is accessible and connectable externally?</p>