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Date:      Fri, 1 Feb 2019 13:13:43 -0800
From:      Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>
To:        Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com>, Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com>
Cc:        Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The status of docker
Message-ID:  <20942f72-6bfd-011e-4f99-c6965e447544@nomadlogic.org>
In-Reply-To: <3d447c97-f2c9-8f22-2c28-4c5920560a27@nomadlogic.org>
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On 2/1/19 1:12 PM, Pete Wright wrote:
>
>
> On 2/1/19 1:07 PM, Grzegorz Junka wrote:
>>
>> On 01/02/2019 19:49, Pete Wright wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/1/19 11:39 AM, Grzegorz Junka wrote:
>>>> On 31/01/2019 07:50, Mark Blackman wrote:
>>>>> What problem are you trying to solve with docker?
>>>>
>>>> There is a misunderstanding. I am not trying to solve any problem. 
>>>> The team I am working with is using docker during development (by 
>>>> using a preconfigured container they avoid having to setup a 
>>>> complex backend system on development/CI machines). I was hoping to 
>>>> use FreeBSD during the development but it proved difficult. I now 
>>>> have a choice of either switching to Linux natively (as bhyve 
>>>> didn't help) or to use MacBook Pro - both supporting docker out of 
>>>> the box.
>>>
>>> might be worth taking a look at hashicorp Vagrant.  i've used it 
>>> with success in developer workflows  in the past where most devs 
>>> were on macOS and we were targeting FreeBSD.
>>>
>>> https://www.vagrantup.com/intro/index.html
>>> https://app.vagrantup.com/freebsd/
>>>
>>>
>>> IMHO docker on macOS is kinda hacky since you end up running Linux 
>>> inside virtualbox, then launch docker on those VM's (at least I 
>>> believe that used to be the case if things have changed).  i also 
>>> feel like docker is a double edged sword (aside from the fact that 
>>> it locks you into linux) in that most people don't do a good job 
>>> tracking dependencies or actually apply updates/patches to base 
>>> docker images.
>>>
>>
>> Looks like that that's no longer true and hasn't been true for the 
>> past 2 years:
>>
>> https://containerjournal.com/2016/08/15/docker-not-just-linux-anymore/
>>
>> But it also looks like something similar could have been achieved by 
>> replacing xhyve/Hyper-V with bhyve. If docker is open source then 
>> that shouldn't be a problem?
>
> hrm, i guess the macOS install instructions are out of date:
> https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/install/
> "VirtualBox prior to version 4.3.30 must NOT be installed (it is 
> incompatible with Docker Desktop for Mac). If you have a newer version 
> of VirtualBox installed, it’s fine."
>

sorry ignore my previous email, i am totally mistaken and misread the 
docs :(

-p

-- 
Pete Wright
pete@nomadlogic.org
@nomadlogicLA




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