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Merge pull request #3054 from londoncalling/carry-pr-3047 

Start local machines on startup (fixes #2857)
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For machines other than `default`, and commands other than those listed above, you must always specify the name explicitly as an argument. For machines other than `default`, and commands other than those listed above, you must always specify the name explicitly as an argument.
## Start local machines on startup
In order to ensure that the Docker client is automatically configured at the start of each shell session, some users like to embed `eval $(docker-machine env default)` in their shell profiles (e.g., the `~/.bash_profile` file). However, this fails if the `default` machine is not running. If desired, you can configure your system to start the `default` machine automatically.
Here is an example of how to configure this on OS X.
Create a file called `com.docker.machine.default.plist` under `~/Library/LaunchAgents` with the following content:
```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
<dict>
<key>PATH</key>
<string>/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin</string>
</dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.docker.machine.default</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/bin/docker-machine</string>
<string>start</string>
<string>default</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
```
You can change the `default` string above to make this `LaunchAgent` start any machine(s) you desire.
## Where to go next ## Where to go next
- Provision multiple Docker hosts [on your cloud provider](get-started-cloud.md) - Provision multiple Docker hosts [on your cloud provider](get-started-cloud.md)