Describe the bug
When running supabase start with colima, the supabase_vector container fails to start.
The cause is that when supabase start launches the supabase_vector container, the docker.sock path it specifies points to the macOS docker.sock.
It should instead point to /var/run/docker.sock inside the colima VM.
To Reproduce
- Install colima on macOS:
brew install colima
- Start colima:
colima start
- Run
supabase start
- An error occurs
failed to start docker container "supabase_vector_quickstart-react": Error response from daemon: error while creating mount source path '/Users/hk/.colima/default/docker.sock': mkdir /Users/hk/.colima/default/docker.sock: operation not supported
Expected behavior
supabase start completes successfully.
System information
- Ticket ID: 1c187cd3ac784751af0b3a0cd35e486e
- Version of OS: macOS 26.4.1
- Version of CLI: 2.89.1
- Version of Docker: 29.4.
- Versions of services:
% npx supabase services
SERVICE IMAGE | LOCAL | LINKED
------------------------|------------------------|--------
supabase/postgres | 17.6.1.106 | -
supabase/gotrue | v2.188.1 | -
postgrest/postgrest | v14.8 | -
supabase/realtime | v2.82.0 | -
supabase/storage-api | v1.48.28 | -
supabase/edge-runtime | v1.73.3 | -
supabase/studio | 2026.04.08-sha-205cbe7 | -
supabase/postgres-meta | v0.96.4 | -
supabase/logflare | 1.37.1 | -
supabase/supavisor | 2.7.4 | -
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Describe the bug
When running
supabase startwith colima, the supabase_vector container fails to start.The cause is that when
supabase startlaunches the supabase_vector container, the docker.sock path it specifies points to the macOS docker.sock.It should instead point to /var/run/docker.sock inside the colima VM.
To Reproduce
brew install colimacolima startsupabase startExpected behavior
supabase start completes successfully.
System information