In this post, I’ll cover the best way I’ve found to run Docker in my local OSX development environment.
This post won’t cover (and has covered in much better detail) what Docker is, or the benefits of using it.
Before we dive into the setup instruction, it’s worth addressing, why not to use Docker’s own recommended solution, Docker For Mac.
Why not Docker For Mac?
In short the file system. The current implementation of the file system results in high CPU usage when syncing (sharing) volumes.
As project’s grow to include hundreds of files, the resulting slow down and strain becomes un-usable. Front end build processes that should be sub-second can take up to a minute. Commands run a hundred times slower then in Ubuntu. Tests are magnitudes slower and are excruciating to run.
While, hopefully one day Docker For Mac’s filesystem performance issues will be resolved, until then this is the most reliable and efficient way I’ve found to run Docker on OSX.
Step 1. Install Docker Toolbox
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Download the
.pkg from https://github.com/docker/toolbox/releases/tag/v1.12.5 and follow the GUI’s install steps.
This will ensure the following packages are installed…
Step 2. Create a boot2docker virtual machine with Docker Machine
Modify the command below according to your computer’s specs. Once assigned, you cannot modify these settings without destroying then re-creating the VM.
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With those values chosen, modify then run the following command…
Step 3. Enabling NFS
By default, your
/Users/ folders is shared between your host and the VM. This enables you to seamlessly run Docker containers in the VM and still have access to your usual files. To over come those previously mentioned file system issues, we’ll enhance those shared folders with NFS, a high performance network file sharing system.In order to use NFS on your freshly created VM, you’ll need to install a 3rd party tool, called docker-machine-nfs .
You have two installation options, either curl or via brew. Your choice.
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Next, we’ll enabled NFS by running the following command. As before, modify the command below according to your setup.
With the folder chosen, modify then run the following command…
The
mount-opts settings ensure any watch file changes play nicely with any front end builders (i.e. gulp, grunt or webpack).
Step 4. Start the VM.
In order to run docker, you’ll need to do two things.
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I use ZSH as my shell. My normal workflow involves running an alias command
dm-up , which boots the VM and set the resulting environment variables. Any other terminals opened check if the VM is running and if so set the environment variables automatically.
ZSH functions.
Step 5. Setting up
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