Docker on macOs

docker_macos.rst

Install Docker and Docker-Compose on macOs

Installation

1. Install Docker, Docker Compose and colima using brew

   brew install docker
   brew install docker-compose
   brew install docker-buildx
   brew install colima

2. Start the colima service

   brew services start colima
   colima start

3. Add the following line to your .zshrc

   export DOCKER_HOST=unix:///$HOME/.colima/docker.sock

4. Make sure docker compose command is available

   mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins/
   ln -sfn /opt/homebrew/bin/docker-compose ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose

Troubleshooting

1. Delete default colima profile:

   colima delete default

2. Delete ~/.colima:

   rm -rf ~/.colima

3. Reinstall colima:

   brew reinstall colima

4. Start colima:

   colima start