使用 Homebrew 安装 docker-machine-driver-vmware

项目链接

• 主页
• 仓库

命令和别名

• docker-machine-driver-vmware

项目历史

The README frames the driver as a Docker Machine plugin for creating machines on VMware Fusion and Workstation. It explicitly distinguishes itself from Docker Machine's built-in vmwarefusion driver: the external vmware driver also supports VMware Workstation, while vmwarefusion is limited to VMware Fusion.

采用历史

The project documents installation from GitHub releases, Homebrew, and Go source. That suggests adoption mostly by macOS and workstation users who still relied on Docker Machine's VM-driver model after Docker Desktop and other local-container workflows became more common.

使用方式

The normal workflow is docker-machine create --driver=vmware default, with options for boot2docker images, configdrive cloud-init, CPU count, disk size, memory, network type, shared-folder behavior, SSH user/password, and IP wait time. It requires VMware Workstation 14 or VMware Fusion 10 or newer as the supported host virtualization layer.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

This package is a good example of the Docker Machine driver plugin ecosystem: a single binary on PATH extends docker-machine with a provider-specific backend. For Homebrew users, it kept an otherwise manual driver install reproducible and upgradeable.

时间线

• Docker Machine plugin era: The driver follows docker-machine's external driver binary model.
• VMware desktop support: The README documents VMware Workstation 14 and VMware Fusion 10 as supported baselines.
• Package-manager availability: The README documents Homebrew installation for macOS users.

Related projects

• Related projects include Docker Machine, boot2docker, VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, and other machine-drivers organization plugins.

来源

• https://github.com/machine-drivers/docker-machine-driver-vmware#readme
• https://github.com/docker/machine#readme