How To Set Up Docker For Mac (Mojave) with Native NFS

docker-compose.yml

version: '2'
services:
  api:
    volumes:
      - "nfsmount:${CONTAINER_DIR}"

volumes:
  nfsmount:
    driver: local
    driver_opts:
      type: nfs
      o: addr=host.docker.internal,rw,nolock,hard,nointr,nfsvers=3
      device: ":${SOURCE_DIR}"

env_vars.sh

export CONTAINER_DIR=/myapp
export SOURCE_DIR=/Users/me/myapp

setup_native_nfs_docker_osx.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

OS=`uname -s`

if [ $OS != "Darwin" ]; then
  echo "This script is OSX-only. Please do not run it on any other Unix."
  exit 1
fi

if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]]; then
  echo "This script must NOT be run with sudo/root. Please re-run without sudo." 1>&2
  exit 1
fi

echo ""
echo " +-----------------------------+"
echo " | Setup native NFS for Docker |"
echo " +-----------------------------+"
echo ""

echo "WARNING: This script will shut down running containers and prune docker volumes."
echo ""
echo -n "Do you wish to proceed? [y]: "
read decision

if [ "$decision" != "y" ]; then
  echo "Exiting. No changes made."
  exit 1
fi

echo ""

if ! docker ps > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
  echo "== Waiting for docker to start..."
fi

open -a Docker

while ! docker ps > /dev/null 2>&1 ; do sleep 2; done

echo "== Stopping running docker containers..."
docker-compose down > /dev/null 2>&1
docker volume prune -f > /dev/null

osascript -e 'quit app "Docker"'

echo "== Resetting folder permissions..."
U=`id -u`
G=`id -g`
sudo chown -R "$U":"$G" .

echo "== Setting up nfs..."
LINE="/Users -alldirs -mapall=$U:$G localhost"
FILE=/etc/exports
sudo cp /dev/null $FILE
grep -qF -- "$LINE" "$FILE" || sudo echo "$LINE" | sudo tee -a $FILE > /dev/null

LINE="nfs.server.mount.require_resv_port = 0"
FILE=/etc/nfs.conf
grep -qF -- "$LINE" "$FILE" || sudo echo "$LINE" | sudo tee -a $FILE > /dev/null

echo "== Restarting nfsd..."
sudo nfsd restart

echo "== Restarting docker..."
open -a Docker

while ! docker ps > /dev/null 2>&1 ; do sleep 2; done

echo ""
echo "SUCCESS! Now go run your containers 🐳"

How would you do this on Linux, I don't have a host.docker.internal on my network. Is this the docker gateway address?

I test my NFS configuration ans it's so slow
Composer install test on Magento :
no bind, no NFS, directly docker environment : 1m25
no bind, NFS Volume: 10m45 AND the permissions are not the goods ones
Maybe my config is not optimal but for me now on ma, the best performance is the following methods :

• mount bind delegated custom code directory
• not bind log, var, cache, vendor directory (keep only on docker environment)

I keep trying to follow this guide and no matter how much I try to adjust permissions, it still continues to display an error and state: "Operation Not Supported"

I've allowed full disk access for iterm, console, nfsd.

My root cause it probably because my projects dont live in my home directory. They are on a separate volume, which I have still listed in my /etc/exports folder:

/System/Volumes/Data/Users -alldirs -mapall=501:20 localhost
/Volumes/Data/Docker -alldirs -mapall=501:20 localhost
/Volumes/Media -alldirs -mapall=501:20 localhost

Seems to be broken for docker desktop > 3.2.2

Firstly thanks for this script @seanhandley, you've helped so many of us! 🙇

Seems to be broken for docker desktop > 3.2.2

Running Docker Desktop (for mac) v3.5.1 and working fine here 🙆.

I'm open to suggestions for how to handle recreating volumes in a more targeted way 👍

If we're talking about only removing volumes for the current docker project, docker down -v may be a nicer solution 😸. Removes only named volumes from the compose file (See docker-compose down documentation)

@jamsinclair yeah now it's working with v3.5.1, but thanks to the new docker volumes management (mutagen). No need for NFS volumes anymore (you can also remove your old :cached and :delegated flags)

@dev-danim appreciate the update! Do you have any links around that? I don't see much mention of volume performance improvements in any of the docker blog and github material I'm browsing.

Edit: From what I can gather Docker went with "gRPC FUSE" instead of mutagen that has improved performance and made :delegated, :cached and :ro flags redundant. Still trying to track down which version this moved from experimental to stable. Seems to have flown under the radar.

tldr; as @dev-danim pointed out just update to the latest Docker Desktop build 😸. You may not need NFS mounts anymore.

Relevant Links:

• https://forums.docker.com/t/what-happened-to-delegated-cached-ro-and-other-flags/105097
• docker/for-mac#5402

Is there any special requirement for M1 macs? I am struggling to start containers on it.
Stuck here -> data: addr=192.168.65.2,nolock,hard,nointr,nfsvers=3: invalid argument