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> [...] VMs are banned [...] Docker works but [...] I might be missing something, but isn't Docker on Windows or MacOS actually a VM running Linux (or, on Wind

by cesarb 3y ago

> [...] VMs are banned [...] Docker works but [...] I might be missing something, but isn't Docker on Windows or MacOS actually a VM running Linux (or, on Windows, perhaps it uses WSL2, which is also a VM running Linux)? How could you use Docker if VMs are banned?

master-lincoln 3y ago
Docker on Windows can run without VM if the guest in the container is a Windows with a matching kernel and the process isolation is enabled in docker parameters. Similar situation for MacOS docker containers on a MacOS host (see recently discussed https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37655477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37655477) But for running Linux containers on MacOS or Windows I think you are right