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Run minikube as a replacement for Docker Desktop

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How to use Minikube as a replacement for Docker Desktop for Mac.

Uninstall Docker Desktop

To uninstall Docker Desktop for Mac run /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/MacOS/Docker --uninstall or uninstall it from the Docker Desktop UI Preferences under the "Troubleshooting" bug icon.

Install Docker client binary

Download the Docker CLI client binary for Mac from https://download.docker.com/mac/static/stable/. The Mac Docker CLI client binary source code is Apache Licensed. Unpack and copy docker to /usr/local/bin.

Install Minikube and Hyperkit

brew install minikube
brew install hyperkit

Start Minikube and wire up the Docker client

# Default 6GB, increase it if needed
minikube start --memory 16384

# Magic command to allow `docker` commands to work 
eval $(minikube -p minikube docker-env)

Docker away!

docker ps

# Or use kubectl!
kubectl get po -A

# Or launch a K8s dashboard!
minikube dashboard

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richkuz commented Nov 1, 2021

Video walk-through of the above commands:

video1201886888.mp4

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richkuz commented Nov 17, 2021

To use docker-compose:

Download docker-compose CLI from https://github.com/docker/compose/releases
Move docker-compose to /usr/local/bin/docker-compose and chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

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richkuz commented Nov 18, 2021

To run with more memory, more disk space, and no K8s cluster:

minikube start --memory 16384 --disk-size 55000mb --no-kubernetes

To forward exposed container ports out of Minikube onto your local host network, use an SSH tunnel (replace 9200 with the exposed container port to forward to your localhost):

ssh -g -L 9200:localhost:9200 -N -i ~/.minikube/machines/minikube/id_rsa docker@$(minikube ip)

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richkuz commented Jan 18, 2022

This step may not work with M1 Macs because the hypervisor doesn't support ARM.