If you go the docker-machine route, you can do the following. brew install docker-machine docker-machine create --name myserver ...digital-ocean-option

If you go the docker-machine route, you can do the following. brew install docker-machine docker-machine create --name myserver ...digital-ocean-options eval $(docker-machine env myserver) docker ps that is: * install docker-machine * provision a droplet with docker on it (you can also use test.docker.com to use an RC instead of the latest release) * set your local shell env to point docker to said machine * use the docker client to interact with said machine I also use docker-for-mac and a similar process to spin up swarm-mode clusters. You can also ssh into the machine if you need to by `docker-machine ssh myserver` [0]: https://docs.docker.com/machine/drivers/digital-ocean/ https://docs.docker.com/machine/drivers/digital-ocean/