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lima
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Ask HN: Startup Devs -What's your biggest pain while managing cloud deployments?
for others similarly curious, here's an example of the thing: https://github.com/noop-inc/template-java-spring-boot/blob/m...
they seem to be using the excellent lima <https://github.com/lima-vm/lima#readme> for booting on macOS; I run colima for its containerd and k8s support but strongly recommend both projects $(brew install lima colima)
- macOS 14.4 causes JVM crashes
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Simulate an Ubuntu-like VM inside macOS
I tend to use https://lima-vm.io/ these days when I need a quick VM environment locally on my laptop.
Lima is what I use as well. It's quick and easy to just fire up a VM with default settings, but also very easy to configure with different file sharing options, port forwarding, different linux distributions, etc. (their examples are also pretty good IMO [1]).
In particular I use it to run an amd64 VM, which I need to run a stubborn service for work that doesn't run on arm CPUs.
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Why are Apple Silicon VMs so different?
For Linux, and if you only need to run CLI tools, I've been very happy with Lima [0]. It runs x86-64 and ARM VMs using QEMU, but can also run ARM VMs using vz [1] (Apple virtualization framework[2]) that is very performant. Also, along with the project colima [3] you can easily start Docker/Podman/Kubernetes instances, totally substituting Docker Desktop for me.
For desktop environments (Linux/Windows) I've used UTM [4] with mixed success. Although it's been almost a year since last time I used it, so maybe it runs better now
There's also Parallels, and people say it's a good product, but it's around USD/EUR 100, and I haven't tested it as I don't have that need.
And there's VMWare Fusion but... who likes VMWare? ;)
[0] - https://lima-vm.io
Lima (1) is a project that packages Linux distros for MacOS and executes them via qemu in the backend. Maybe you could solve your problem by launching one of their vms and inspecting the command line it generates. You might find an option you were missing.
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The beginning of my eBPF Journey - Kprobe Adventures with BCC
If you wish to delve into all the configuration possibilities for Lima VM, you can visit this resource.
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UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS
I'd say Lima and Colima should be enough for most use cases:
Someone pointed me to Lima which is a bit like wsl2 for macos: https://lima-vm.io
Not sure what is used underneath but it worked great for me.
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Lima: Linux Virtual Machines on macOS
Github: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima
Lima wraps QEMU in a simple CLI, with neat features for container users, such as filesystem sharing and automatic localhost port forwarding, as well as DNS and proxy propagation for enterprise networks. Rancher Desktop wraps Lima with k3s integration and GUI.
Talks: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/blob/master/docs/talks.md
podman
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Podman 5.0 has been released
Example of why: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/5102#issuecommen...
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Exploring 5 Docker Alternatives: Containerization Choices for 2024
Podman
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A Gentle Introduction to Containerization and Docker
Even though we will focus on Docker for this article, I wanted to mention that there are more container creation and management tools such as Podman, Rkt, and so on.
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A Journey to Find an Ultimate Development Environment
By using containerization, the application will always have the same configuration that is used in the development environment and production environment. There is no more "It works on my machine". Some examples of containerization technologies are Docker and Podman.
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Exploring Podman: A More Secure Docker Alternative
AFAIK podman either already supports pods in quadlet container files, or will in the near future. https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/20762
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Podman Desktop 1.6 released: Even more Kubernetes and Containers features
Podman as a devcontainers engine doesn't currently work if you use devcontainer features [1] or (and this sounds like you're issue) if you use WSL2.
I haven't submitted the WSL2 issue to the Podman team yet. If you get to it before I do, can you like it here?
https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/18691#issuecomme...
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Oracle data base
You can also use their Oracle Linux Docker images with the database preinstalled using either Podman or Docker. Just make absolutely sure you are downloading something you are licensed to use, because it seems really easy to accidentally infringe copyright via this method.
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A call for Podman comparison charts
It's an open source project. https://github.com/containers/podman and https://podman.io - go there, get engaged, see what's going on and most important become part of the community and contribute!
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Jekyll Docker
If you are using a rootless container management system, you can set the JEKYLL_ROOTLESS environment variable to any non-zero value. For example, you can use the following to initialize a new jekyll project in the current directory using podman.
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Ahoy! 🦭 Podman Desktop v1.5.2 is ship-shape and ready to board! 🛥️
Podman 4.7.2: Podman 4.7.2 is now included in Windows and Mac installers
What are some alternatives?
colima - Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup
Portainer - Making Docker and Kubernetes management easy.
multipass - Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances
kaniko - Build Container Images In Kubernetes
rancher - Complete container management platform
Docker-OSX - Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.
nerdctl - contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ...
UTM - Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
Moby - The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems
containerd - An open and reliable container runtime
minikube - Run Kubernetes locally
nerdctl - contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ...