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Docker Offload quickstart

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Subscription: Docker Offload
Requires: Docker Desktop 4.65 and later

Docker Offload lets you build and run containers in the cloud while using your local Docker Desktop tools and workflow. This means faster builds, access to powerful cloud resources, and a seamless development experience.

This quickstart covers the steps developers need to get started with Docker Offload.

Note

If you're an organization owner, to get started you must contact sales and subscribe your organization to use Docker Offload. After subscribing, see Manage Docker products to learn how to manage access for the developers in your organization.

Prerequisites

  • You must have Docker Desktop installed. Docker recommends using the latest version of Docker Desktop to access the newest features and improvements in Docker Offload.
  • You must have a Docker Business subscription and a Docker Offload subscription.

Step 1: Verify access to Docker Offload

To access Docker Offload, you must be part of an organization that has subscribed to Docker Offload. As a developer, you can verify this by checking if the Docker Offload toggle appears in the Docker Desktop Dashboard header.

  1. Start Docker Desktop and sign in.
  2. In the Docker Desktop Dashboard header, look for the Docker Offload toggle.
Offload toggle

If you see the Docker Offload toggle, you have access to Docker Offload and can proceed to the next step. If you don't see the Docker Offload toggle, check if Docker Offload is disabled in your Docker Desktop settings, and then contact your administrator to verify that your organization has subscribed to Docker Offload and that they have enabled access for your organization.

Step 2: Start Docker Offload

You can start Docker Offload from the CLI or in the header of the Docker Desktop Dashboard. The following steps describe how to start Docker Offload using the CLI.

  1. Start Docker Desktop and sign in.

  2. Open a terminal and run the following command to start Docker Offload:

    $ docker offload start
    Tip

    To learn more about the Docker Offload CLI commands, see the Docker Offload CLI reference.

  3. If you are a member of multiple organizations that have access to Docker Offload, you have the option to select a profile. Your usage will be associated with the organization of the selected profile.

When Docker Offload is started, you'll see a cloud icon ( Offload mode icon ) in the Docker Desktop Dashboard header, and the Docker Desktop Dashboard appears purple. You can run docker offload status in a terminal to check the status of Docker Offload.

Step 3: Run a container with Docker Offload

After starting Docker Offload, Docker Desktop connects to a secure cloud environment that mirrors your local experience. When you run builds or containers, they execute remotely, but behave just like local ones.

To verify that Docker Offload is working, run a container:

$ docker run --rm hello-world

If Docker Offload is working, you'll see Hello from Docker! in the terminal output.

Step 4: Monitor your Offload session

When Docker Offload is started and you have started session (for example, you've ran a container), then you can see current session duration estimate in the Docker Desktop Dashboard footer next to the hourglass icon ( Offload session duration ).

Also, when Docker Offload is started, you can view detailed session information by selecting Docker Offload > Insights in the left navigation of the Docker Desktop Dashboard.

Step 5: Stop Docker Offload

Docker Offload automatically idles if you do not respond to periodic prompts that appear in the Docker Desktop Dashboard. You can stop your Docker Offload session at any time. To stop Docker Offload:

$ docker offload stop

When you stop Docker Offload, the cloud environment is terminated and all running containers and images are removed. When Docker Offload has been idle for 5 minutes, the environment is also terminated and all running containers and images are removed.

To start Docker Offload again, run the docker offload start command.