Dev Containers on Mac silicon

[mz-zmsoft]

I can not execute any docker command like Remote-Containers: Reopen in container

VSCode reports immediately the message Docker returned an error. Make sure the Docker daemon is running.

Dev Containers Log

[388 ms] Remote-Containers 0.154.1 in VS Code 1.53.0-insider (4a875e23d20b64504a818834f3fa4c40adb8d480).
[595 ms] Start: Run: git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic-full-name @{u}
[43841 ms] Start: Run: docker version --format {{.Server.APIVersion}}
[43912 ms] spawn docker ENOENT

Output when executing docker version manually.

docker version --format {{.Server.APIVersion}}
1.41

Output in developer tools (hope this helps)

console.ts:137 [Extension Host] Error: spawn docker ENOENT
	at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:267:19)
	at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:469:16)
	at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21) (at c (/Users/admin/.vscode-insiders/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.154.1/dist/extension.js:1:697060))
console.ts:137 [Extension Host] rejected promise not handled within 1 second: Error: spawn docker ENOENT (at /Applications/Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:1100:774)
console.ts:137 [Extension Host] stack trace: Error: spawn docker ENOENT
	at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:267:19)
	at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:469:16)
	at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21) (at /Applications/Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:1100:853)
log.ts:197   ERR spawn docker ENOENT: Error: spawn docker ENOENT
	at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:267:19)
	at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:469:16)
	at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)

[Chuxel]

Docker support on Mac Silicon is still in early stages (docker/roadmap#142) and so we do not have specific plans or timing on adding support. Marking as a feature request and moving to correct repo. We also do not have pre-built ARM images. (See microsoft/vscode-dev-containers#558.)

[chrmarti]

@mz-zmsoft It looks like docker is not on the PATH when run from within VS Code. Try setting the absolute path to it in the user settings:

[mz-zmsoft]

thank you for fast feedback, @chrmarti. Remote Container starts as expected, now.

Got some compile issues. Think it's a docker problem now.

[chrmarti]

Thanks @mz-zmsoft. The extension should be independent of the platform. I will therefore close this issue, but please open new issues for any problems you encounter.