Connect to Docker's secret Linux VM - blitterated/docker-dev-env GitHub Wiki

connect using nsenter1

It's had many names over the years on Mac: boot2docker, Moby, LinuxKit...

docker run -it --rm --privileged --pid=host justincormack/nsenter1

connect to serial tty on mac using c-kermit

# old, pre 2018
kermit -l ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/com.docker.driver.amd64-linux/tty -b 38400

# old as of 2021
kermit -l ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/vms/0/tty -b 38400

cmd/switch	purpose
-l	SET LINE or SET PORT
-b	SET SPEED
C	CONNECT
ctrl-\ ctrl-c	disconnect