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Run docker in macos without docker desktop

Disclaimer: this work is not completely mine. Most of the work here is comming from:
https://dhwaneetbhatt.com/blog/run-docker-without-docker-desktop-on-macos
https://gist.github.com/juancsr/5927e6660d6ba5d2a34c61802d26e50a
and suggestions from my colleagues ❤️

Prepare

Stop Docker.
Delete Docker.app.

Run brew doctor and update to make sure everything is working and up to date

Prerequisite : have brew installed on your mac https://brew.sh/

$ brew doctor
$ brew update

Install Docker CLI

$ brew install docker
$ brew install docker-compose

Install Colima

via Homebrew

$ brew install colima

see more options here : https://github.com/abiosoft/colima#getting-started

Configure mem and cpu

$ colima start --cpu 4 --memory 8

You should now be good to go : docker and docker-compose now work as usual

Troubleshooting

failed to solve: XXXXX/YYYYYYYYY: failed to do request: Head "XXXXX/YYYYYYYYY": dial tcp: lookup registry-1.docker.io on 192.168.107.1:53: read udp 192.168.5.15:56530->192.168.107.1:53: i/o timeout

You may need to log in to a registry to pull an image https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/login/

$ docker login
Username: 
Password:
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