Comment by dijit

I know what you mean, It depends a little bit on your topology.

If you have a secure network then it’s perfectly fine to expose the docker port on the network in plaintext without authentication.

Otherwise you can use Port forwarding over SSH.

To set up networked docker you can follow this: https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/protect-access/

I’m on the phone so can’t give a detailed guide.