def get_client():
    """
    Set DOCKER_HOST (and probably DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY and DOCKER_CERT_PATH) to connect to a docker instance through TCP.
    Leave DOCKER_HOST unset and it will use the default, typically unix:/var/run/docker.sock

    It also needs to know how to connect to ports on the docker container after creating it.
    Set DOCKER_NET_HOST to provide an IP address to connect to the VNC ports on
    otherwise if DOCKER_HOST has a hostname, it will connect to the VNC ports using that name.
    otherwise it connects using localhost
    """
    info = {}
    host = os.environ.get('DOCKER_HOST')
    net_host = os.environ.get('DOCKER_NET_HOST')

    client_api_version = os.environ.get('DOCKER_API_VERSION')
    if not client_api_version:
        client_api_version = "auto"

    # IP to use for started containers
    if net_host:
        info['host'] = net_host
    elif host:
        info['host'] = urlparse.urlparse(host).netloc.split(':')[0]
    else:
        info['host'] = 'localhost'

    verify = os.environ.get('DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY') == '1'
    if verify: # use TLS
        assert_hostname = None
        cert_path = os.environ.get('DOCKER_CERT_PATH')
        if cert_path:
            client_cert = (os.path.join(cert_path, 'cert.pem'), os.path.join(cert_path, 'key.pem'))
            ca_cert = os.path.join(cert_path, 'ca.pem')
        else:
            client_cert = ca_cert = None

        tls_config = docker.tls.TLSConfig(
            client_cert=client_cert,
            ca_cert=ca_cert,
            verify=verify,
            assert_hostname=assert_hostname,
        )
        return docker.Client(base_url=host, tls=tls_config, version=client_api_version), info
    else:
        return docker.Client(base_url=host, version=client_api_version), info
Set DOCKER_HOST (and probably DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY and DOCKER_CERT_PATH) to connect to a docker instance through TCP.
    Leave DOCKER_HOST unset and it will use the default, typically unix:/var/run/docker.sock

    It also needs to know how to connect to ports on the docker container after creating it.
    Set DOCKER_NET_HOST to provide an IP address to connect to the VNC ports on
    otherwise if DOCKER_HOST has a hostname, it will connect to the VNC ports using that name.
    otherwise it connects using localhost