Expanding the manifest capabilities to include

ports forwarding as well as docker network type
configuration

sonic_package_manager/manifest.py

@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ def unmarshal(self, value):
         ManifestRoot('container', [
             ManifestField('privileged', DefaultMarshaller(bool), False),
             ManifestArray('volumes', DefaultMarshaller(str)),
+            ManifestField('network', DefaultMarshaller(str), 'host'),
+            ManifestArray('ports', DefaultMarshaller(str)),
             ManifestArray('mounts', ManifestRoot('mounts', [
                 ManifestField('source', DefaultMarshaller(str)),
                 ManifestField('target', DefaultMarshaller(str)),

sonic_package_manager/service_creator/creator.py

@@ -231,6 +231,13 @@ def generate_container_mgmt(self, package: Package):
 
         run_opt.append('-t')
 
+        if container_spec['network']:
+            docker_network_type = container_spec['network']
+            run_opt.append(f'--net={docker_network_type}')
+
+        for port in container_spec['ports']:
+            run_opt.append(f'--publish {port}')
+
         for volume in container_spec['volumes']:
             run_opt.append(f'-v {volume}')
 

tests/sonic_package_manager/test_service_creator.py

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ def manifest():
         },
         'container': {
             'privileged': True,
+            'network': 'bridge',
+            'ports': [
+                "8080:8080"
+            ],
             'volumes': [
                 '/etc/sonic:/etc/sonic:ro'
             ]