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Docker Desktop	Instructions to set up Docker Desktop for Istio.	15	true	/docs/setup/kubernetes/prepare/platform-setup/docker-for-desktop/ /docs/setup/kubernetes/prepare/platform-setup/docker/ /docs/setup/kubernetes/platform-setup/docker/	platform-setup kubernetes docker-desktop	istio/wg-environments-maintainers	no

1. To run Istio with Docker Desktop, install a version which contains a supported Kubernetes version ({{< supported_kubernetes_versions >}}).

2. If you want to run Istio under Docker Desktop's built-in Kubernetes, you need to increase Docker's memory limit under the Resources->Advanced pane of Docker Desktop's Settings.... Set the resources to at least 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 sufficient 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 >}}