How to run docker on Qubes-OS

Docker-on-qubes.md

Docker on Qubes

Since this page is apparently the top result on google, Heres a link to how to do it.

https://martingladdish.co.uk/technology/setting-up-docker-under-qubesos/

That page has more detail, but here are the instructions in case its down.

1. Install docker engine, following the instruction on https://www.docker.com. NOT DESKTOP as that wont work in Qubes (unless you enable nested virtualization)
2. Make the below /etc/docker/daemon.json
3. Add "dockerd &" to your appvms (NOT TEMPLATE) /rw/config/rc.local

/etc/docker/daemon.json

{
    "data-root": "/home/user/docker",
    "group": "user"
}

Tried this with the debian-11 template on August 23, 2023. Martin did this with fedora-33 in 2021.

If you have trouble, you can ask for help at https://forum.qubes-os.org/

To do this in Qubes-OS 3.x, look at the history of this page.

Thanks for this snippet. Not sure how accurate this is but in case you have issues with performing the post installation steps, try performing them in the Template VM vs the App VM