How to run docker on the Mac command line? - macos

I have installed docker for a Mac, and in order to execute a simple test I seem to have to run all of these steps:
Run docker-machine start to start the docker daemon(?)
Run docker-machine env to get a list of environment settings.
Run eval $(docker-machine env) to set these settings
Finally you are able to run an example like docker run hello-world
And you have to remember the terminal you run all of these commands, as running the same example from within a different terminal won't work.
Is that the correct way on how you start the daemon or setup the machine/terminal in order to use docker? Or is there a more easy way to do this?

It looks like you have installed Docker Toolbox rather than Docker for Mac.
Once Docker for Mac is installed it provides a more streamlined experience. The Linux VM is largely hidden from you and doesn't require VirtualBox to run.
The docker command will connect to the new VM by default without setting up the environment as the docker socket from the VM is mapped through.
→ ls -l /var/run/docker.sock
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root daemon 57 1 Nov 00:02 /var/run/docker.sock -> /Users/matt/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/s60

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Connecting Docker Windows WSL Ubuntu to VMware Ubuntu

I am trying to connect my Windows 10 Home system to be able to run full Linux OS Docker containers. I have installed Docker on both WSL Ubuntu 18.04 as well as a VMware Ubuntu 18.04.
I was trying to follow this guide.
However, I get stuck trying to configure the Daemon as per the instructions.
Can’t use Docker for Windows?
This is only necessary if you are NOT running Docker for Windows!
No problem, just configure your Docker daemon to use -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2375 and --tlsverify=false. Then you can follow along with the rest of this guide exactly.
If you go down this route, I highly recommend rolling your own VM with VMware Player instead of using the Docker Toolbox because VirtualBox has crazy edge case shared folder bugs that will ruin your life at some point. Don’t worry, VMware Player is free. Just Google how to set up Ubuntu 16 server on VMware Player.
When I try to change the Docker Daemon by making a daemon.json file I get errors. I've also tried editing the .profile files and the .bashrc as per other guides (another guide), with no luck.
I am unable to check the DOCKER_HOST variable on the VM Ubuntu.
Don't make things complicated. In your case, why WSL if you just want to connect to a remote daemon? Why not simply use the windows docker client?
Setup you favorite local VM with docker.
Example: I have installed a CentOS distro running on local VMWare Workstation. All Hyper-V of course deinstalled/deactivated.
In this VM, enable tcp access for the daemon.
If you have a systemd linux distro (like mine CentOS), execute this:
sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d
sudo echo '[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H unix:// -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2375' >> /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/options.conf
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart docker`
Test if the port is open with docker info. You should get an API access warning at the bottom result.
Download the Windows docker cli zip from here: https://download.docker.com/win/static/stable/x86_64/
Move the docker.exe to any folder, for ex. your Documents folder.
Then put this folder path into your Windows PATH variable.
Set the docker host: Open PowerShell, execute setx DOCKER_HOST <VM-IP>:2375 and close it.
Open a new PowerShell and call docker info.
You should see the docker and daemon infos.
Do what ever you like now... :-)

Run a docker image on Windows results in "oci runtime error: exec: "bash": executable file not found in $PATH."

I'm running Docker on Windows ("Docker Toolbox", not "Docker for Windows").
I've built an image with a rails app inside. It works properly on my Mac OS but stucks on production on Windows.
Using Docker 1.12 and docker-machine 0.8.0 on both machines.
When I create a machine and try to run the container from image, I do:
docker run -it myRepo:myTag bash
which opens me a interactive terminal on Mac OS, but Windows 7 and Windows Server 2011 are both responding with:
"Error response from daemon: oci runtime error: exec: "bash":
executable file not found in $PATH."
I use the MINGW64 shell via the Docker Quickstart Terminal but the old cmd.exe returns the same.
Can anybody help me with this issue? I've tried several hours to find a solution but there are too few answers for Windows.
Thank you in advance!
I also use Windows 7 with MINGW64. Here is what I get using nginx as example:
$docker run -it nginx bash
cannot enable tty mode on non tty input
I don't think you can open a tty using MINGW64.
You can try:
$docker run -i nginx bash
ls
bin
...
You will so no prompt or any indication you are inside the container. Just run ls and it should work inside your container.
Another option is to try to use winpty for the tty:
$ winpty docker run -it myRepo:myTag bash
root#644f59e6f818:/#
Have you tried?
$ winpty docker run -it myRepo:myTag /bin/bash
I haven't got the problem you are mentioning but I have seen it before when I was mapping volumes.
If you are mapping volumes using MINGW64, you will need to add an extra / before the local mapping. For example:
docker run -p 8080:80 -v "/$PWD":/var/share/nginx/html nginx
Let me know your findings.

How to activate docker 1.12 in terminal without Moby the whale app on Mac

I should run Moby the whale app first to be able to use the latest version of Docker (1.12.0) in my terminal. Otherwise, I get an error:
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the docker daemon running on this host?
But how can I activate Docker in my terminal without launch Moby the whale app (or probably by launching this app from console)? Is it possible?
One possibility is to use docker-machine inside VirtualBox: https://docs.docker.com/machine/
Once installed, you first start the Docker machine instance:
$ docker-machine start
Set the required environment variables for Docker to use:
$ eval `docker-machine env`
And then run Docker:
$ docker info

How to Setup a Docker Tomcat Container on Mac OS X

I'm new to Docker...
From my understanding, Docker is only compatible with Linux, is it possible to run docker for development purposes on a Mac?
I installed virtualbox using homebrew and have tried to create a virtualbox instance. I installed docker, but am having trouble getting my mac to communicate with the vm docker instance. My end goal is to get a locally debuggable instance of tomcat running on the docker container.
Any help or tips would be helpful.
Information:
Because Docker only runs on Linux you will need to install some kind of virtual instance on your local machine. An easy and popular way to do that is to install
Boot2docker and VirtualBox. VirtualBox is a dependency of Boot2docker. You can download, setup and install the latest versions from their websites or if you are using Homebrew, as you mentioned, you can quickly get the working binaries both in one step.
After installing boot2docker, you're ready to use Boot2docker to create a Tomcat Container. You can find a pre-configured tomcat image by searching Docker's community repository, docker hub registry.
Notes:
Each time you execute the docker run command a new container is created.
The VM running Docker requires a ssh private/public encryption key handshake to connect to. If you follow my steps below, one will be generated for you.
Steps to Setup Tomcat using the tomcat image:
Open Terminal and run this command: brew install boot2docker
Create a new Boot2Docker VM instance using the init command: boot2docker init
Run this command in Terminal to forward local ports to the vm:
for i in {10000..10999}; do VBoxManage modifyvm "boot2docker-vm" --natpf1 "tcp-port$i,tcp,,$i,,$i”; VBoxManage modifyvm "boot2docker-vm" --natpf1 "udp-port$i,udp,,$i,,$i";done
Start the boot2docker daemon: boot2docker start or boot2docker up
After starting docker, copy the exports that are displayed from the previous command to your clipboard
Edit your bash profile file ~/.bash_profile (or if you are using zsh, edit the resource configuration file ~/.zshrc) with a text editor (I prefer using Sublime text): subl .zshrc *note: this will permanently save the docker env variables.
Paste the exports into that file and save
Execute the source command on the file: source .zshrc
Pull the latest tomcat image to create a container and start tomcat: docker run -it --rm -p 10080:8080 tomcat:8.0 *note: this will forward your local 10080 port to the vm's 8080 port.
Go to http://localhost:10080, you should see the tomcat start page!
Useful Docker commands:
$ boot2docker status
$ docker version
$ docker ps #shows running containers
$ docker ps -a # shows all containers
$ docker exec -it NAME /bin/bash #to start a bash session on the container. -i = interactive, -t = tty
External Resources:
https://docs.docker.com/installation/mac/#installation
https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/tomcat/
Most people use boot2docker to run on Macs. You may also want to take a look at Kitematic, which gives you a GUI to play with.
Finally, the future is probably to use docker machine, which can provision a VM for you.
Docker requires Linux Kernel features, hence it cannot be run natively on OSX.
See instead Boot2Docker. This link gives you instructions on how to get going.

What does the DOCKER_HOST variable do?

I'm new to Docker, using Boot2Docker on OSX. After booting it, this message is given:
To connect the Docker client to the Docker daemon, please set
export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://192.168.59.103:2375
Yet even without it, basic Docker commands (eg, docker run hello-world) work fine.
The install instructions aren't very informative:
Note: If you see a message in the terminal that looks something like this:
To connect the Docker client to the Docker daemon, please set:
export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://192.168.59.103:2375
you can safely set the evironment variable as instructed.
Knowing that it's "safe" doesn't say why it's useful.
What I'm not clear on:
What is the docker "client"?
What is the docker "daemon"?
What is the docker "host"? (The Boot2Docker VM itself?)
Ok, I think I got it.
The client is the docker command installed into OS X.
The host is the Boot2Docker VM.
The daemon is a background service running inside Boot2Docker.
This variable tells the client how to connect to the daemon.
When starting Boot2Docker, the terminal window that pops up already has DOCKER_HOST set, so that's why docker commands work. However, to run Docker commands in other terminal windows, you need to set this variable in those windows.
Failing to set it gives a message like this:
$ docker run hello-world
2014/08/11 11:41:42 Post http:///var/run/docker.sock/v1.13/containers/create:
dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: no such file or directory
One way to fix that would be to simply do this:
$ export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://192.168.59.103:2375
But, as pointed out by others, it's better to do this:
$ $(boot2docker shellinit)
$ docker run hello-world
Hello from Docker. [...]
To spell out this possibly non-intuitive Bash command, running boot2docker shellinit returns a set of Bash commands that set environment variables:
export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://192.168.59.103:2376
export DOCKER_CERT_PATH=/Users/ddavison/.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm
export DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY=1
Hence running $(boot2docker shellinit) generates those commands, and then runs them.
Upon investigation, it's also worth noting that when you want to start using docker in a new terminal window, the correct command is:
$(boot2docker shellinit)
I had tested these commands:
>> docker info
Get http:///var/run/docker.sock/v1.15/info: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: no such file or directory
>> boot2docker shellinit
Writing /Users/ddavison/.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm/ca.pem
Writing /Users/ddavison/.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm/cert.pem
Writing /Users/ddavison/.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm/key.pem
export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://192.168.59.103:2376
export DOCKER_CERT_PATH=/Users/ddavison/.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm
export DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY=1
>> docker info
Get http:///var/run/docker.sock/v1.15/info: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: no such file or directory
Notice that docker info returned that same error. however.. when using $(boot2docker shellinit)...
>> $(boot2docker init)
Writing /Users/ddavison/.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm/ca.pem
Writing /Users/ddavison/.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm/cert.pem
Writing /Users/ddavison/.boot2docker/certs/boot2docker-vm/key.pem
>> docker info
Containers: 3
...
It points to the docker host! I followed these steps:
$ boot2docker start
Waiting for VM and Docker daemon to start...
..............................
Started.
To connect the Docker client to the Docker daemon, please set:
export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://192.168.59.103:2375
$ export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://192.168.59.103:2375
$ docker run ubuntu:14.04 /bin/echo 'Hello world'
Unable to find image 'ubuntu:14.04' locally
Pulling repository ubuntu
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03db2b23cf03: Download complete
Hello world
See:
http://docs.docker.com/userguide/dockerizing/

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