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colima — Container runtimes for macOS and Linux with minimal setup. More information: <https://github.com/abi

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Problem

How to use the colima command: Container runtimes for macOS and Linux with minimal setup. More information: <https://github.com/abiosoft/colima>.

Solution

colima — Container runtimes for macOS and Linux with minimal setup. More information: <https://github.com/abiosoft/colima>.

Start the daemon in the background:

colima start

Create a configuration file and use it:

colima start --edit

Start and setup containerd (install nerdctl to use containerd via nerdctl):

colima start --runtime containerd

Start with Kubernetes (kubectl is required):

colima start --kubernetes

Customize CPU count, RAM memory, and disk space (in GiB):

colima start --cpu {{number}} --memory {{memory}} --disk {{storage_space}}

Use Docker via Colima (Docker is required):

colima start

List containers with their information and status:

colima list

Show runtime status:

colima status

Code Snippets

Start the daemon in the background

colima start

Create a configuration file and use it

colima start --edit

Start and setup containerd (install `nerdctl` to use containerd via `nerdctl`)

colima start --runtime containerd

Start with Kubernetes (`kubectl` is required)

colima start --kubernetes

Customize CPU count, RAM memory, and disk space (in GiB)

colima start --cpu {{number}} --memory {{memory}} --disk {{storage_space}}

Context

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