levsha / docker-on-lima

Run docker on Mac OS using alpine VM run by lima

docker-on-lima

Run docker on Mac OS using alpine VM run by lima.

Guest OS (and docker as result) is always x86_64. Yes, even on M1.

Install

brew install docker lima
cd ~/src
git clone https://github.com/levsha/docker-on-lima.git
ln -s $(pwd)/docker-on-lima/docker-on-lima ~/bin/

Use

docker-on-lima start
docker ...

Known issues

• It takes about a minute for the provision script to install and start dockerd. Therefore docker returns Cannot connect to the Docker daemon ... right after start.
• Volume binds are read-only by default. You have to change "~" to be writable (and re-create VM: docker-on-lima stop; docker-on-lima rm; docker-on-lima start). DO THIS ON YOUR RISK!
• kind does not work on alpine.
• Running on M1 is slow by design as it runs non-native architecture.