brew services start colima
. You can skip the following work-around.
- Create an executable script to run in foreground and manage colima:
cat <<-EOF | sudo tee /usr/local/bin/colima-start-fg
#!/bin/bash
export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
function shutdown() {
colima stop
exit 0
}
trap shutdown SIGTERM
trap shutdown SIGINT
# wait until colima is running
while true; do
colima status &>/dev/null
if [[ \$? -eq 0 ]]; then
break;
fi
colima start
sleep 5
done
tail -f /dev/null &
wait \$!
EOF
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/colima-start-fg
- Create a launchd agent to run colima automatically:
cat > $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.github.abiosoft.colima.plist <<-EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.github.abiosoft.colima</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/usr/local/bin/colima-start-fg</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<false/>
</dict>
</plist>
EOF
launchctl load -w $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.github.abiosoft.colima.plist
Thanks for this! One tweak for anyone using an M1/Apple Silicon that installed colima via Homebrew -- you'll need to add
/opt/homebrew/bin
to the PATH in step 1 in order for it to work :)