How to increase docker-machine memory Mac

Question

I am new to Docker, and trying to go through this tutorial setting up MemSQL from a Docker image - http://docs.memsql.com/4.0/setup/docker/ . I am on a Mac, and the tutoria

Answer 1

when you create docker machine, you can nominate the memory size:

docker-machine create -d virtualbox --virtualbox-memory 4096 default

Let me know if this helps.

Answer 2

I couldn't get the other answers to work. The only thing that worked for me was to remove the default machine and re-create it with more memory.

docker-machine rm default
docker-machine create -d virtualbox --virtualbox-memory=4096 --virtualbox-cpu-count=2 --virtualbox-disk-size=50000 default

This fix was found here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/jfp/entry/Using_Docker_Machine_On_Windows?lang=en

Answer 3

For Docker version 1.12.1 (build: 12133) and higher on macOS there is an option to change CPU's and RAM from UI and restart docker. You can find the preferences from toolbar. Attaching images for clarity.

Update: Aug 2020: Preferences -> Resources (thank you to @swedge218)

Old Step (probably defunct now): Preferences -> Advanced -> adjust resources -> Apply & Restart

Answer 4

fox xhyve (another virtualization under macos) you can modify ~/.docker/machine/default/config.json property Driver/Memory (default to 1024) then restart docker machine to apply changes

Answer 5

You can do this via the command line. For example, to change the machine from the default 1cpu/2048MB RAM run:

docker-machine stop
VBoxManage modifyvm default --cpus 2
VBoxManage modifyvm default --memory 4096
docker-machine start

You can then check your settings:

VBoxManage showvminfo default | grep Memory
VBoxManage showvminfo default | grep CPU

And for docker-machine inspect to report the correct state of things, edit ~/.docker/machine/machines/default/config.json to reflect your changes.

Answer 6

Docker Machine maintainer here. I don't think adjusting the config.json manually will work.

Your two options are to either create the machine with --virtualbox-memory set, or to adjust the VM's memory in the VirtualBox GUI ("Settings > System" for that VM I think). Make sure the machine is powered off and there should be a little slider that works.

EDIT: Another answer shows that you can do the in-place operation from the command line as well using VBoxManage.