Docker Desktop includes Kubernetes, optimized and tuned for a fast, distraction-free developer experience. We track upstream Kubernetes changes and manage Kubernetes upgrades so developers can focus on their code rather than cluster administration. Lots of people have...
David Scott
How Docker Desktop Networking Works Under the Hood
Modern applications make extensive use of networks. At build time it’s common to apt-get/dnf/yum/apk install a package from a Linux distribution’s package repository. At runtime an application may wish to connect() to an internal postgres or mysql database to persist...
Capturing Logs in Docker Desktop
Photo by Agence Olloweb on Unsplash Docker Desktop runs a Virtual Machine to host Docker containers. Each component within the VM (including the Docker engine itself) runs as a separate isolated container. This extra layer of isolation introduces an interesting new...
Deep Dive Into the New Docker Desktop filesharing Implementation Using FUSE
Photo by Shane Aldendorff on Unsplash The latest Edge release of Docker Desktop for Windows 2.1.7.0 has a completely new filesharing system using FUSE instead of Samba. The initial blog post we released presents the performance improvements of this new...
New Filesharing Implementation in Docker Desktop Windows Improves Developer Inner Loop UX
A common developer workflow when using frameworks like Symfony or React is to edit the source code using a Windows IDE while running the app itself in a Docker container. The source is shared between the host and the container with a command like the following: $...
Addressing Time Drift in Docker Desktop for Mac
Docker Desktop for Mac runs the Docker engine and Linux containers in a helper LinuxKit VM since macOS doesn’t have native container support. The helper VM has its own internal clock, separate from the host’s clock. When the two clocks drift apart then suddenly...