On the site, Docker recommend using the Docker Toolbox to get up and running with it. I’m personally not much of a fan of these “platform” installers; in attempting to provide a common solution for most, people like me end up fighting with it. Fortunately, this can all be done standlone through Homebrew. Here’s how to do it: brew install docker docker-machine This pulls in the docker executable and the new(er) way to managing machines (as you can’t use Docker directly on OS X): dock...