Easily install and configure a Docker server on Mac OS X.
- Install Vagrant
- Install VirtualBox
- Install Docker client. The quickest way is with
brew install docker
curl -L https://raw.github.com/erickbrower/dockerhost/master/install.sh | sh
Vagrant will prompt you to enter your OS X password for mounting the shared folder via NFS. When the process is finished, check the installation with docker pull erickbrower/rails
dh up
The docker command should work now. Go forth and create containers!
dockerhost installs a tiny wrapper script called dh for managing the VM. If you ever need to run a Vagrant command on your dockerhost, just pass it to dh instead. Some examples:
dh reloaddh sshdh status
It's really just a shortcut for (cd $DOCKERHOST && vagrant <the command>). No magic, just convenience.
These ENV vars are checked in the Vagrantfile and used to override default values.
| ENV Variable | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|
DOCKERHOST |
~/.dockerhost |
The directory where this source will be cloned. |
DOCKERHOST_PROJECTS |
~/Workbench |
The directory that will be synced to the VM at /home/core/share. All mounted volumes in your docker commands should be relative to this directory. Ex, /home/core/share/my_project:/opt/app |
DOCKERHOST_MEMORY |
2048 | |
DOCKERHOST_CPUS |
2 |
An example of overriding would look something like this, in ~/.bashrc
...
export DOCKERHOST_PROJECTS='~/MyProjects'
export DOCKERHOST_MEMORY='4096'
Remember to reload the VM with dh reload after setting any of these.
The default Docker port range, 49000 to 49900, is forwarded to OS X. When you publish ports for your containers, be sure to use something in that range. Ex., --publish 49100:8080.
curl -L https://raw.github.com/erickbrower/dockerhost/master/uninstall.sh | sh
Check out my dockerfiles repo, it might have an image you need.