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Last modified: 28 March 2023

Docker is a tool for deploying and running executables in isolated and reproducible environments. This may be useful, for example, to test code in an environment identical to production. With Docker, you can run different versions of operating systems, programming languages, web servers, database applications, and so on. This helps you to test the backend part of your application avoiding side effects from your current macOS environment.

AppCode integrates the Docker functionality and provides assistance for creating Docker images, running Docker containers, managing Docker Compose applications, using public and private Docker registries, and much more directly from the IDE.

Docker plugin installation

Once you connect to the Docker daemon, you can use the Services tool window (View | Tool Windows | Services or Alt+8) to manage everything related to Docker, for example: pull and push images, create and run containers, and scale Docker Compose services. As with other tool windows, you can start typing the name of an image or container to highlight the matching items.

Search for a docker image in the Services tool window

For more information, see the section about Docker in Services tool window.