colima or (lima + nerdctl/docker) replace MacOS Docker Desktop

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Repo

• https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl

Syntax

• lima nerdctl [compose] ... replace docker [compose] ...

Example

$ lima nerdctl compose up -d
# instead of
$ docker compose up -d

How to

• use alias override in zmicro compose plugin when is macos and found lima

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test nerdctl compose, found it is not compatible with docker compose

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Just use Lima(VM) + Docker/Docker Compose

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Another problem for Lima or Other VM，network is not in the same network, maybe docker swarm or other cluster solution is a question

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Using Lima to run containers with containerd and nerdctl (without Docker Desktop) on M1 Macs

https://gist.github.com/whatwewant/36a0f83cb7298f0e7aeb4bb2131e7e96

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# docker compose up -d or nerdctl compose up -d
standard_init_linux.go:228: exec user process caused: exec format error

this is image platform not compitable, is not nerdctl / docker problem

WARNING: The requested image's platform (linux/amd64) does not match the detected host platform (linux/arm64/v8) and no specific platform was requested

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if only want container environment, just use abiosoft/colima