Docker Desktop for macOS Setup and Tips

[@krutikpatel906]

are you seeing issues using docker or kubernetes on M4 chip ?

[@MohitBhanawat]

If I intend to set up an unattended access, in case of power failure or reboot, will docker containers boot up without manual intervention or must I enter password every time Mac reboots?

[@BretFisher]

If we're talking about Docker Desktop, it only starts once you log into the Mac.

[@BrentonSpry2011]

Bret, not sure if you will read this, but worth a shot. I have a newesr MBPro with the M3 Max Chip. I have docker desktop running and have set up several containers with programs running in them. They show to be running correctly, but I cannot figure out how to access them locally through the assigned ports. Do you have any resources for this you could point me in the direction of?

[@BretFisher]

Normally, you just publish the ports in your docker run command (-p port:port) and then access them via localhost:port on your mac host. If that doesn't work, I recommend letting the community help you in our Discord server: discord.gg/devops

[@BrentonSpry2011]

@@BretFisher Thanks for the reply. I will post on there along with some pictures.

[@srinidhimarupeddi3160]

My mac OS is Monterey ver 12.4. Whenever I open docker it just displays docker engine stopped and I am not able to do anything after that, I tried resetting to factory settings, deleting and installing again but everytime it shows the same error, could anyone help me out because I need docker urgently for studies as I have to run Openfoam on it. My mac is M1 Pro by the way.

[@simonhylander7489]

how to get container ip address

[@christofferahlback]

I’m having a hard time to get ipvlan to work on my M1 mac. Any tips?

[@leo6152]

I have installed Docker, however docker compose version is not found . I see that I have the dockers compose version v2.20.2 -desktop.1 en windows but Mac

[@danpetak1359]

Thank you for this tutorial, the amount of jobs that ask for hands-on docker/k8 lab experience made me find this and this was so easy to follow and set up!

[@jsvrs]

what is the dark theme name u using in vscode?

[@BretFisher]

I think "GitHub Dark"

[@jsvrs]

@@BretFisher thank you!!

[@loggyaltsen8191]

Is there a course on how to setup docker desktop for Mac as non-root user ( rootless mode ) for production?

[@BretFisher]

You wouldn't use Docker Desktop in production (servers). DD is only for local use on your laptop/desktop. For servers, you would install Docker Engine (apt/yum) and there is a rootless page in the docs: docs.docker.com/engine/security/rootless/

[@coZhenya]

Thank you so much for helping us humans navigate the vast landscape of the tech world and doing it in such a warm manner. I can really see how great of a teacher you are! 🧙🏻‍♂

[@afeesakanni]

does anyone have a solution for installing docker for Mac 10.15.7?

[@IndrajeetDevre]

What is the docker root directory on mac, how to get it ?

[@TomRabello]

Great tips my friend!!

[@LoVe-iu9rd]

but what if i am running the mac OS itself as docker image in Linux Ubuntu and running ionic development docker in that ?

[@RobetPaulG]

Did this guy just install Docker Desktop without installing Virtual Box? So that's not going to work at all...

[@BretFisher]

Docker Desktop doesn't use virtualbox