cross-host container linking

[ ] read up on the docker swarm way to link containers across multiple physical hosts
docker swarm, kubernetes, and mesos all probably implement some kind of network fan -like approach at allowing the containers to talk on a large shared network plain
[ ] research more about docker ambassador containers
docker's explanation of the ambassador container - http://docs.docker.com/articles/ambassador_pattern_linking/
digitalocean tutorial - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-the-ambassador-pattern-to-dynamically-configure-services-on-coreos
coreos tutorial of using ambassadors dynamically configured over etcd -https://coreos.com/blog/docker-dynamic-ambassador-powered-by-etcd/
[ ] ambassador containers appear to be a standard solution for linking containers across multiple physical hosts. Is this true across all the big container orchestrating tools? (coreos, kubernetes, mesos, swarm, etc.) If not, what's different between the tools that allow cross-host container linking?

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