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Docker Desktop	Instructions to setup Docker Desktop for use with Istio.	12	true	/docs/setup/kubernetes/prepare/platform-setup/docker-for-desktop/ /docs/setup/kubernetes/prepare/platform-setup/docker/	platform-setup kubernetes docker-desktop

1. To run Istio with Docker Desktop, install the edge version version which contains a supported Kubernetes version.

   {{< tip >}} The stable version of Docker Desktop contains Kubernetes 1.10.11 as of Docker Community Edition 2.0.0.2. {{< /tip >}}

2. If you want to run Istio under Docker Desktop's built-in Kubernetes, you need to increase Docker's memory limit under the Advanced pane of Docker Desktop's preferences. Set the resources to 8.0 GB of memory and 4 CPUs.

   {{< image width="60%" link="./dockerprefs.png" caption="Docker Preferences" >}}

   {{< warning >}} Minimum memory requirements vary. 8 GB is sufficent to run Istio and Bookinfo. If you don't have enough memory allocated in Docker Desktop, the following errors could occur:

   • image pull failures
   • healthcheck timeout failures
   • kubectl failures on the host
   • general network instability of the hypervisor

   Additional Docker Desktop resources may be freed up using:

   {{< text bash >}} $ docker system prune {{< /text >}}

   {{< /warning >}}