Docker Machine — bash function to start Docker Engine (daemon) in VirtualBox and sets environment variables for Docker Client (running on host)

.zshrc-docker-machine

# If Docker Engine in Virtualbox is running, set Docker client environment variables
if [ "$(docker-machine status default)" = "Running" ]
then
  eval $(docker-machine env)
fi

# Start Docker Engine function
docker-engine-start () { # <-- if that's too long, you can go with just `des`
  echo "================================"
  echo "Starting Docker Machine..."
  echo "================================"
  docker-machine start

  echo "================================"
  echo "Setting env for Docker Client..."
  echo "================================"
  eval $(docker-machine env)
  echo "Done!"
}