Automagically install Docker in a VirtualBox VM with super-fast NFS mounts.

• Uninstall Docker for Mac
• Install Virtualbox
• Install docker client binaries
• Create a Vagrant VM with Docker installed
• Automatically start VM on boot/login
• Set up NFS mounts for VM
• Set up docker environment in .bash_profile, .zprofile or fish.config (optional!)

1. Clone this repo:

git clone https://github.com/dziemba/mobymac.git ~/.mobymac
cd ~/.mobymac

You can use a different path if you like. The directory needs to stay where it is though after running the installer, otherwise the VM won't boot the next time.

2. Run the installer

# Install with default settings
# (4096MB RAM, 50GB data disk, automatic shell integration, VM IP: 192.168.42.2)
./install.sh

# Or run the installer with custom settings
# ./install.sh [VM memory in MB] [data disk size in GB] [shell integration] [VM IP subnet]
./install.sh 2048
./install.sh 2048 30
./install.sh 2048 30 manual
./install.sh 2048 30 manual 192.168.142

• Shell integration can be either auto (default) or manual.
• IP subnet must be in the form of a.b.c.
• The host will use a.b.c.1, the VM will use a.b.c.2.

It's the same as installing - just run it again!

Run ./uninstall.sh in your mobymac checkout.

• Filesystem watching (inotify) does not work. Please use polling instead if possible. See #6
• NFS mounts have less guarantees regarding FS consistency - in practise it should just work (tm)
• Ports are not mapped to localhost - use 192.168.42.2 to access docker ports
• Virtualbox (and thus mobymac) doesn't work on Apple Silicon / M1 Chips

• File system access is still slow in Docker for Mac: docker/roadmap#7
• DNS queries with large responses are extremely slow: docker/for-mac#4430
• Docker Desktop is no longer free for certain use-cases.

Docker for Mac is an awesome project - use it if you can. Once the above issues have been resolved, this project will become obsolete.

1. Start the VM: VBoxManage startvm mobymac --type headless
2. If that doesn't help, re-install mobymac.

1. Uninstall virtualbox: brew cask uninstall virtualbox
2. If the above step failed: reboot and try again
3. Install virtualbox: brew cask install virtualbox
4. If the above step failed: Open System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General, then allow the kernel extension. Reboot and try step 3 again.
5. Run the mobymac installer (again).
6. If that still fails, try the whole process one more time and reboot generously. Open an Issue on this project if you're still having trouble.

1. If the above step failed: Open System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General, then allow the kernel extension.
2. Reboot your computer.
3. Run the mobymac installer (again).

1. Open /etc/exports: sudo vim /etc/exports
2. Delete all content
3. Run the mobymac installer (again).

1. Run sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/docker
2. Run the mobymac installer (again).

Please open an issue if you're stuck.

Feel free to open issues about feature requests or create PRs.

MIT, see LICENSE