Container Tools for Mavericks

docker, docker compose, docker-machine, and lazydocker for OS X 10.9. The daemon runs in a Linux VM (VMware Fusion 8); docker-machine manages it.

Setup

Install VMware Fusion, then bring the Docker VM up once:

docker-machine-bootstrap

It creates the VM from the bundled image (first run only, ~1-2 min in a Terminal), starts it, and points a docker context named mavericks at it — so docker, docker compose, and lazydocker just work in any shell, with no environment variables to set. docked IMAGE CMD runs a container with $PWD at /work/.

To start the VM automatically at login:

launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/dev.modernmavericks.container-tools-machine.plist

Updates

The package updates itself, and after each update offers to roll your VM onto the new image — nothing to run by hand.

Notes

• If docker says "cannot connect," the VM is stopped — run docker-machine-bootstrap (or start it from the menu bar) and retry.
• Migrating from an older setup? Remove any eval "$(docker-machine env …)" or hardcoded DOCKER_HOST= line from your shell profile — it overrides the managed context. The bootstrap will notify you if it finds one.
• The VM appears in VMware Fusion as "container-tools"; adjust CPU/RAM in its Settings.
• Upgrading from an older install that had a default VM? Run docker-machine-ctl migrate once (with the VM stopped) to rename it to container-tools, preserving your data.
• boot2docker.iso: https://github.com/dragonflylee/boot2docker/