Eh, you need to apply to the Developer Preview Program. Here https://www.docker.com/community/get-involved/developer-prev...
You don't, see the download link at the bottom of the page.
Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1
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Re: Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Docker Desktop already ran on Macs. This is specifically for the new Apple Silicon support (M1). It's not native, technically, but it feels native the way Docker Desktop works. Basically they manage the VM for you, so you don't have too.
Can this run a container of windows on Mac M1?
You can run Windows For ARM on M1 Macs right now, I doubt you can get docker to do this without lots of manual effort.
Re: Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1
#13Eh, you need to apply to the Developer Preview Program. Here https://www.docker.com/community/get-involved/developer-prev...
Nope, look at Here is the Download on the page. Click on the download word and it'll fetch it for you, no login required.
Re: Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1
#14Does this mean I can run containers natively on Mac? And I don't need a VirtualBox VM running on my Mac to launch containers? This would be huge for me, and is always a big in my mind why I would consider switching back to Linux. Edit: Docker on Mac has never felt as snappy as on Linux, because of the VM, though I have no hard numbers. Networking is a PITA, but it's not hard to figure out. The other main thing I hate…
Docker Desktop already ran on Macs. This is specifically for the new Apple Silicon support (M1). It's not native, technically, but it feels native the way Docker Desktop works. Basically they manage the VM for you, so you don't have too.
It doesnt feel native at all, performance and networking are very suboptimal.
Haven't tested it on M1 yet, but I doubt the networking challenges will disappear.
Re: Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Docker Desktop already ran on Macs. This is specifically for the new Apple Silicon support (M1). It's not native, technically, but it feels native the way Docker Desktop works. Basically they manage the VM for you, so you don't have too.
Can this run a container of windows on Mac M1?
No nested virtualisation present currently, as such no virtualization support provided to VMs, so on Windows on an M1 only WSL1 works. Docker Linux containers on Windows require WSL2 instead.
Docker Windows containers aren't available on arm64 Windows yet, but stay tuned...
Re: Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Docker Desktop already ran on Macs. This is specifically for the new Apple Silicon support (M1). It's not native, technically, but it feels native the way Docker Desktop works. Basically they manage the VM for you, so you don't have too.
It doesnt feel native at all, performance and networking are very suboptimal. Haven't tested it on M1 yet, but I doubt the networking challenges will disappear.
There is overhead for sure but if you use x86 containers on an Intel Mac or arm64 containers on an Apple Silicon mac, it's pretty performant.
Re: Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1
#17Does this mean I can run containers natively on Mac? And I don't need a VirtualBox VM running on my Mac to launch containers? This would be huge for me, and is always a big in my mind why I would consider switching back to Linux. Edit: Docker on Mac has never felt as snappy as on Linux, because of the VM, though I have no hard numbers. Networking is a PITA, but it's not hard to figure out. The other main thing I hate…
Under the hood there is a linux vm running.
Too bad, if they had it running natively I would actively consider switching back to mac.
Glad to see they are making progress on the M1 port though, my team will be excited.
Re: Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1
#18Does this mean I can run containers natively on Mac? And I don't need a VirtualBox VM running on my Mac to launch containers? This would be huge for me, and is always a big in my mind why I would consider switching back to Linux. Edit: Docker on Mac has never felt as snappy as on Linux, because of the VM, though I have no hard numbers. Networking is a PITA, but it's not hard to figure out. The other main thing I hate…
Docker has never needed a VirtualBox VM to launch containers on your Mac. It does its own virtualization internally, and will continue to do so.
It actually did at one point; before Docket Desktop there was “Docker Toolbox”, which required separate virtualization software. The installer came with Virtualbox by default, but there were options to use Parallels and VMWare as well. This is probably what GP is thinking of.
I'm actually using a version of this setup today in order to run Docker on OS X 10.9.
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#20Happy to hear they are making progress, but I would caution people on being an early adopter.
It's a tech preview only and don't screw yourself by thinking you will be able to just jump into your usual workflow without issues.
Good luck docker!