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brew install docker-machine v0.16.2-gitlab.50 Apache-2.0

Go client to provision and manage Docker hosts locally and on cloud providers.

Why you might care

Provision and manage Docker hosts on various cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and local hypervisors (VirtualBox, Hyper-V) from the CLI. Primary use is as the executor for GitLab Runner autoscaling, but also useful for quickly spinning up remote Docker hosts without manual SSH and Docker setup.

Categories

container-runtime cloud

Alternatives

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Build dependencies

go

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