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> **Note:**
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> Docker is supported on Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" or newer.
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-The Docker Engine uses Linux-specific kernel features, so to run it on OS X
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-we need to use a lightweight virtual machine (vm). You use the OS X Docker client to
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+Because the Docker Engine uses Linux-specific kernel features, you'll need to use a
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+lightweight virtual machine (VM) to run it on OS X. You use the OS X Docker client to
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control the virtualized Docker Engine to build, run, and manage Docker containers.
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-To make this process easier, we've designed a helper application called
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-[Boot2Docker](https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker) that installs the
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-virtual machine and runs the Docker daemon.
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+To make this process easier, we've built a helper application called
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+[Boot2Docker](https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker) that installs a
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+virtual machine (using VirtualBox) that's all set up to run the Docker daemon.
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## Demonstration
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@@ -22,50 +22,67 @@ virtual machine and runs the Docker daemon.
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## Installation
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1. Download the latest release of the [Docker for OS X Installer](
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- https://github.com/boot2docker/osx-installer/releases)
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+ https://github.com/boot2docker/osx-installer/releases) (Look for the green
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+ Boot2Docker-x.x.x.pkg button near the bottom of the page.)
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-2. Run the installer, which will install VirtualBox and the Boot2Docker management
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- tool.
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+2. Run the installer by double-clicking the downloaded package, which will install a
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+VirtualBox VM, Docker itself, and the Boot2Docker management tool.
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-3. Run the `Boot2Docker` app in the `Applications` folder:
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-
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- Or, to initialize Boot2Docker manually, open a terminal and run:
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+3. Locate the `Boot2Docker` app in your `Applications` folder and run it.
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+ Or, you can initialize Boot2Docker from the command line by running:
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$ boot2docker init
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$ boot2docker start
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$ export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://$(boot2docker ip 2>/dev/null):2375
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+A terminal window will open and you'll see the virtual machine starting up.
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Once you have an initialized virtual machine, you can control it with `boot2docker stop`
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and `boot2docker start`.
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+> **Note:**
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+> If you see a message in the terminal that looks something like this:
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+>
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+> `To connect the Docker client to the Docker daemon, please set: export
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+DOCKER_HOST=tcp://192.168.59.103:2375`
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+>
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+you can safely set the evironment variable as instructed.
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+
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+View the
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+[Boot2Docker ReadMe](https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/blob/master/README.md)
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+for more information.
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+
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## Upgrading
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1. Download the latest release of the [Docker for OS X Installer](
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https://github.com/boot2docker/osx-installer/releases)
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-2. Run the installer, which will update VirtualBox and the Boot2Docker management
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- tool.
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+2. If Boot2Docker is currently running, stop it with `boot2docker stop`. Then, run
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+the installer package, which will update Docker and the Boot2Docker management tool.
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-3. To upgrade your existing virtual machine, open a terminal and run:
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+3. To complete the upgrade, you also need to update your existing virtual machine. Open a
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+terminal window and run:
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$ boot2docker stop
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$ boot2docker download
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$ boot2docker start
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+This will download an .iso containing a fresh VM and start it up.
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+
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## Running Docker
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-From your terminal, you can test that Docker is running with the small `hello-world` example image.
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-Start the vm and then run:
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+From your terminal, you can test that Docker is running with our small `hello-world`
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+example image:
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+Start the vm (`boot2docker start`) and then run:
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$ docker run hello-world
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-This should download the very small `hello-world` image and print a `Hello from Docker.` message.
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+This should download the `hello-world` image, which then creates a small
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+container with an executable that prints a brief `Hello from Docker.` message.
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## Container port redirection
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-The latest version of `boot2docker` sets up a host only network adaptor which provides
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+The latest version of `boot2docker` sets up a host-only network adaptor which provides
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access to the container's ports.
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If you run a container with an exposed port,
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@@ -76,14 +93,16 @@ then you should be able to access that Nginx server using the IP address reporte
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$ boot2docker ip
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-Typically, it is 192.168.59.103, but it could get changed by Virtualbox's DHCP
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-implementation.
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+Typically, it is 192.168.59.103:2375, but VirtualBox's DHCP implementation might change
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+this address in the future.
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# Further details
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-If you are curious, the username for the boot2docker default user is `docker` and the password is `tcuser`.
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+If you are curious, the username for the boot2docker default user is `docker` and the
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+password is `tcuser`.
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-The Boot2Docker management tool provides several commands:
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+The Boot2Docker management tool provides several additional commands for working with the
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+VM and Docker:
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$ ./boot2docker
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Usage: ./boot2docker [<options>]
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