# Example to use Docker instead of containerd & nerdctl # $ limactl start ./docker.yaml # $ limactl shell docker docker run -it -v $HOME:$HOME --rm alpine # To run `docker` on the host (assumes docker-cli is installed): # $ export DOCKER_HOST=$(limactl list docker --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/sock/docker.sock') # $ docker ... # This example requires Lima v0.8.0 or later images: # Hint: run `limactl prune` to invalidate the "current" cache - location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/impish/current/impish-server-cloudimg-amd64.img" arch: "x86_64" - location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/impish/current/impish-server-cloudimg-arm64.img" arch: "aarch64" mounts: - location: "~" writable: false - location: "/tmp/lima" writable: true ssh: localPort: 60006 # Load ~/.ssh/*.pub in addition to $LIMA_HOME/_config/user.pub , for allowing DOCKER_HOST=ssh:// . # This option is enabled by default. # If you have an insecure key under ~/.ssh, do not use this option. loadDotSSHPubKeys: true # containerd is managed by Docker, not by Lima, so the values are set to false here. containerd: system: false user: false provision: - mode: system script: | #!/bin/sh sed -i 's/host.lima.internal.*/host.lima.internal host.docker.internal/' /etc/hosts - mode: system script: | #!/bin/bash set -eux -o pipefail command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1 && exit 0 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh # NOTE: you may remove the lines below, if you prefer to use rootful docker, not rootless systemctl disable --now docker apt-get install -y uidmap dbus-user-session - mode: user script: | #!/bin/bash set -eux -o pipefail systemctl --user start dbus dockerd-rootless-setuptool.sh install docker context use rootless probes: - script: | #!/bin/bash set -eux -o pipefail if ! timeout 30s bash -c "until command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 3; done"; then echo >&2 "docker is not installed yet" exit 1 fi if ! timeout 30s bash -c "until pgrep rootlesskit; do sleep 3; done"; then echo >&2 "rootlesskit (used by rootless docker) is not running" exit 1 fi hint: See "/var/log/cloud-init-output.log". in the guest portForwards: - guestSocket: "/run/user/{{.UID}}/docker.sock" hostSocket: "{{.Dir}}/sock/docker.sock" message: | To run `docker` on the host (assumes docker-cli is installed): $ export DOCKER_HOST=unix://{{.Dir}}/sock/docker.sock $ docker ...