

In my 3 years at Google, I built and maintained minikube, which runs Docker and Kubernetes on macOS, Linux, and Windows ( and many other container projects). I've spent a lot of time with the internals of running Docker or Kubernetes on the desktop. Is it really worth your team's time to deal with an alternative stack? For what its worth, I'm no longer working on low-level container projects, so I use Docker Desktop in my daily workflow. Click the Terminal icon to open the app.It's been a few years since I was a maintainer of minikube, but after the news that Docker Desktop will no longer be free for enterprises and some of the misconceptions of how the technology works, I thought I'd write a post.įirst, Docker Desktop is a great product, and the tradeoff between implementing an alternative system or paying for my team to use Docker Desktop is a no-brainer. Press Command + Space Bar and type " Terminal".

Homebrew installs the JDK files and directories at /usr/local/Cellar/openjdk/.ġ. Install the latest Java SDK by running: brew install java If Java isn't installed, a dialog box appears stating that Java needs to be installed.

Check if Java is installed on your Mac by running: java -version If not installed, follow our tutorial to install Homebrew on macOS and then proceed to install Jenkins.Ī JDK installation is required for Jenkins to work. The output should return the version installed. To check whether you have Homebrew installed, run the following command in the terminal: brew -version

Homebrew is a macOS package manager that lets users install software using the CLI.įollow the steps below to install Jenkins via Homebrew: Method 1: Install Jenkins Using the Homebrew Package Manager Choose the Homebrew method for a CLI-based installation or run Jenkins through Docker. There are two methods for installing Jenkins on Mac.
