diff --git a/content/snippets/0270-docker-on-apple-silicon.md b/content/snippets/0270-docker-on-apple-silicon.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1eeb724 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/snippets/0270-docker-on-apple-silicon.md @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ + + +# Docker on Apple Silicon - without longrunning background processes and without Rosetta + +Docker itself comes with some background processes. Fine for servers, which only exists to run the containers all the time, disadvantageous for a laptop where you run a container only now and then. ChatGPT proposed `podman` and `finch` and as I already heard and read about `podman` I tried it first. + +## `podman` + +``` +brew install podman +``` + +Afterwards, + +``` +podman machine init +podman machine start +``` + +is required to start a VM to run containers within. However,, while the init command directly worked, when issueing the start command I was demanded to install Rosetta. I don't want. + +So + +``` +podman machine rm +brew uninstall podman +``` + + +## `finch` + +This is a open source product of AWS: [https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/opensource/introducing-finch-an-open-source-client-for-container-development/](https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/opensource/introducing-finch-an-open-source-client-for-container-development/). + +``` +brew install finch +``` + +Here also + +``` +finch vm init +finch vm stop +``` + +is required and afterwards containers can be executed: + +``` +finch run -it ubuntu bash +``` + +It appears, that the commandline interface of `finch` it compatible with the one of `docker`, at least I haven't found any flaws yet. Since, I usually have full docker commandline in my notes I created an alias: + +``` +alias docker="echo -e '\033[1;31m>>> REMEMBER: docker is finch here <<<\033[0m' && finch" +``` + +Using this alias (I've it in my `.bashrc`) I can call `docker` and `finch` is executed, with a big reminder that it actually is `finch`. + +As soon as I don't need to run containers anymore, I can call + +``` +finch vm stop +``` + +and no process remains running. Fine. + + + + +