run boot2docker on system startup - Mac OSX - Yosemite

com.docker.boot2docker.plist

<?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.docker.boot2docker</string>
		<key>ProgramArguments</key>
		<array>
        <string>/usr/local/bin/boot2docker</string>
        <string>up</string>
		</array>
		<key>KeepAlive</key>
	  <true/>
	</dict>
</plist>

notes.md

Add to .zshrc or .bashrc so the environment settings get loaded automatically!

eval "$(boot2docker shellinit 2>/dev/null)"

Note: It's recommended but not necessary to have the com.docker.boot2docker.plist file under root ownership as per http://launchd.info

terminal.md

install

    launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.docker.boot2docker.plist

manually start

    launchctl start com.docker.boot2docker.plist

assure process is running

    ps aux | grep boot2docker

uninstall

    launchctl load com.docker.boot2docker.plist