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Docker for Mac

Docker for Mac (the native Docker implementation) does not have any special requirements for initial environment variable setup. Simply open your terminal of choice from the Launchpad (Terminal.app or iTerm.app).

Docker Toolbox

Docker Toolbox provides a launcher to open an environment prepared terminal, but you can also do it manually with a terminal of your choice.

Via Launcher

Open the Launchpad and locate the Docker Quickstart Terminal icon.

Click the icon to launch a Docker Quickstart Terminal window.

The terminal does a number of things to set up Docker Quickstart Terminal for you.

Last login: Sat Jul 11 20:09:45 on ttys002
bash '/Applications/Docker Quickstart Terminal.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/start.sh'
Get http:///var/run/docker.sock/v1.19/images/json?all=1&filters=%7B%22dangling%22%3A%5B%22true%22%5D%7D: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: no such file or directory. Are you trying to connect to a TLS-enabled daemon without TLS?
Get http:///var/run/docker.sock/v1.19/images/json?all=1: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: no such file or directory. Are you trying to connect to a TLS-enabled daemon without TLS?
-bash: lolcat: command not found

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$ bash '/Applications/Docker Quickstart Terminal.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/start.sh'
Creating Machine dev...
Creating VirtualBox VM...
Creating SSH key...
Starting VirtualBox VM...
Starting VM...
To see how to connect Docker to this machine, run: docker-machine env dev
Starting machine dev...
Setting environment variables for machine dev...

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The Docker Quick Start Terminal is configured to use Docker with the "default" VM.

You can now use this terminal window to apply all your Docker and Devilbox related commands.

Different terminal

If you rather want to use a different terminal, you can accomplish the same behaviour.

Open your terminal of choice
Type the following to prepare environment variables

$(docker-machine env default)