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How does Docker work on FreeBSD these days? I'd be pretty tempted to switch if I knew most of my normal work would continue on working.

• MrMorden 7y ago
  Docker on FreeBSD works just like on MacOS; you'd use Docker Machine to run the containers on a Linux VM. containerd is intended to be multiplatform from the start, so hopefully the FreeBSD support will come.
  • kjeetgill 7y ago
    Huh, I was under the impression that this was no longer the case and that Hypervisor.Framework removed the need for an intermediate VM. Am I mistaken? Am I mixing this up with something?
    • jedisct1 7y ago
      On MacOS, yes.
    • chadcatlett 7y ago
      Docker for Mac still uses an intermediate VM, it's just mostly transparent to the user and doesn't require you to manually muck around with docker-machine. You can even connect to the console of the VM if you run into issues.
  • djsumdog 7y ago
    There was a native Docker port for FreeBSD, but it's very old and very unmaintained. In theory, someone could create a Docker compatible engine using zfs, jails and virtual network adapters. FreeBSD can run Linux/ELF binaries (which is what the old Docker port did). I've always felt like Docker for Mac/Windows was always a hack. Even the newer versions don't run natively, they just use the standard Win/Mac hypervisor API. On Win/Mac, you still have to VPN into your container network. On Linux, you can communication with containers directly via IP.