Nsenter installed), with pid=host (so you are in the process space of the mini VM running Docker4Mac),Īnd then nsenter says “whatever is pid 1, use that as context, and enter all the namespaces of that, and run a shell there' Option 3 (easist): run nsenter from a pre-built image. nothing special about it other than it apparently has It’s running a container (using the debian image. Option 2 (easier): Use nsenter in priviledged containerĭocker run -it -privileged -pid=host debian nsenter -t 1 -m -u -n -i sh Look at systemctl status docker, full of active container processes.Try to restart the compose files, it would complain that the ports were in use. This worked fine for a month, then suddenly I would do a docker ps and get nothing in the list. Nc -U ~/Library/Containers//Data/debug-shell.sockĮxit the shell with exit. I must have chosen the Docker server options when installing a VM of Ubuntu 20.04 Server, then installed docker the usual route afterwards.

This also works for Docker for Windows for getting in Moby Linux VM (doesn't work for Windows Containers).ĭocker run -it -rm -privileged -pid=host justincormack/nsenter1 Just run this from your Mac terminal and it'll drop you in a container with full permissions on the Docker VM. 2021 Update: Easiest option is Justin's repo and image

Docker for mac access container