Fabric8 uses the DOCKERHOST environment variable to know where. I was wondering if there is a way to have docker for mac communicate with the remote linux machine's docker engine instead of the local one being run by docker for mac. Docker for Macs Mutagen integration is focused on file caching inside of the Docker for Mac VM, whereas the Mutagen Docker container transport described below. on a Mac the value of DOCKERHOST is often something like tcp://192.168.59.103:2375. Fixed a settings migration bug which caused Docker Desktop not to find images and containers data after upgrading to 3.4.0. On windows & mac, I found the compilation time was about 20 times slower. Fixes docker/for-mac5770 Docker Desktop now allows files to be modified inside a host directory which is a nested mountpoint in a container. If you install VirtualBox, other tools like the Macs boot2docker can seamlessly. Fast + Small Docker Image Builds for Rust Apps. I have docker for mac installed on my MBP but I also run a small homeserver (linux) that I use to host all my containers. Docker is a Linux container management toolkit with a social aspect.