import os def docker_container_mapping(): port_ip_map_str = os.environ.get('PORT_IP_MAP') # Convert the environment variable to a Python dictionary port_ip_map = {} for line in port_ip_map_str.split('\n'): if line: # ignore empty lines port, ip = line.split(':') port_ip_map[port.strip()] = ip.strip() return port_ip_map