How Do I Run a Docker Container on a Mac
All Containers Running on a System Share the Same Kernel; Mac Os X Does Not Use the Linux Kernel, but Rather a Mach Kernel, So It Cannot Be Run Inside a Docker...
All containers running on a system share the same kernel; Mac OS X does not use the Linux kernel, but rather a mach kernel, so it cannot be run inside a Docker container at this time. You can run Docker on your Mac using a virtual machine, but containers running on that instance would need to run Linux.
Can Docker container run on Mac?
All containers running on a system share the same kernel; Mac OS X does not use the Linux kernel, but rather a mach kernel, so it cannot be run inside a Docker container at this time. You can run Docker on your Mac using a virtual machine, but containers running on that instance would need to run Linux.
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How do I run a running Docker container?
- Use docker ps to get the name of the existing container.
- Use the command docker exec -it <container name> /bin/bash to get a bash shell in the container.
- Generically, use docker exec -it <container name> <command> to execute whatever command you specify in the container.
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