Nov 18, 2025 · 12 min read · Test your Kubernetes deployments locally without the overhead — a hands-on guide for DevOps engineers. As a DevOps engineer, you know the drill: you need to test a Helm chart, validate some YAML manifests, or experiment with a new Kubernetes feature....
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Oct 17, 2025 · 5 min read · This guide will walk you through setting up a local Kubernetes cluster with Colima, preparing a Backstage application, and deploying it using Helm. Part 1: Setting Up the Local Kubernetes Cluster First, we'll install Colima and use it to create a lig...
Join discussionOct 1, 2024 · 2 min read · Ever since Docker Desktop changed is pricing model I’ve been using Rancher Desktop as a replacement. Its works fine but I recently noticed a few coworkers using Colima. Note: For individual users Docker Desktop is still free Colima, is short for Co...
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Jul 26, 2024 · 2 min read · Colima: An Overview Colima is an open-source tool that provides a lightweight, fast, and reliable environment for running Linux containers on macOS. It is designed to work seamlessly with Docker, offering an alternative to Docker Desktop for macOS us...
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Apr 1, 2024 · 1 min read · When you run Docker (usually after install colima) and run an image you may get this error, Error saving credentials: error storing credentials - err: exec: "docker-credential-osxkeychain": executable file not found in $PATH, out: `` It means docker...
Join discussionApr 18, 2023 · 3 min read · This article will guide you through the steps required to run X86_64 containers on Apple Silicon machines. Although Docker Desktop for Mac added beta support for X86_64 emulation via Rosetta in version 4.16.0, it doesn’t work for some X86_64 containe...
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Mar 31, 2023 · 4 min read · Mac users who currently rely on Docker Desktop for containerization may find it worthwhile to switch to Colima, a highly efficient and lightweight platform designed specifically for macOS. In this article, we will guide you through the process of mi...
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Jul 31, 2022 · 3 min read · What is Colima? 🤔 Colima is built on Lima, which generates a QEMU VM with an HVF accelerator and handles port forwarding and folder sharing. Lima has containerd and nerdctl, but a Docker container runtime is necessary for a drop-in replacement, whic...
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