Add macOS Colima support to setup and deployment docs#474
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Add macOS Colima support to setup and deployment docs#474
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macOS users using Colima instead of Docker Desktop were hitting missing buildx errors and had no documentation to guide them. Add Colima as a supported Docker runtime, document buildx installation, and ensure setup-local installs buildx automatically. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| After starting Colima, ensure the buildx plugin is linked: | ||
| ```bash | ||
| brew install docker-buildx | ||
| mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins | ||
| ln -sfn $(brew --prefix docker-buildx)/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx | ||
| ``` |
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was this necessary instead? I think installing docker-buildx is enough?
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this one is required. docker-buildx requires manual linking. Homebrew doesn't write to ~/.docker/
see: brew info docker-buildx (Caveats)
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==> Caveats
docker-buildx is a Docker plugin. For Docker to find the plugin, add "cliPluginsExtraDirs" to ~/.docker/config.json:
"cliPluginsExtraDirs": [
"/opt/homebrew/lib/docker/cli-plugins"
]
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Yes! It is. Do you have a preference on which method you want in the docs/or both? I can update it.
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| brew install docker-buildx | ||
| mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins | ||
| ln -sfn "$(brew --prefix docker-buildx)/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx" \ | ||
| ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx |
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The local development setup only documented Docker Desktop, missing Colima users who need to install docker-buildx separately and set DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1.