Prerequisites

1. Docker Desktop

Ensure that the latest version of Docker Desktop is installed on your system (Mac, Windows and Linux)

2. Download your preferred IDEs (optional)

IntelliJ IDEA
VS Code

3. Enabling WSL 2 / Hyper V based engine on Docker Desktop for Windows

In case you're using Windows 11, you will need to enable WSL 2 by opening Docker Desktop > Settings > Resources > WSL Integration

wsl2

If you want to stick to Hyper-V, then you can enable the Windows Hypervisor Platform (requires an elevated terminal):

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName HypervisorPlatform -All

Restart your machine when prompted.

4. Install Nodejs

To demonstrate the container-first development workflow, you will require Nodejs installed on your system.

Note: You must download and install the Node pre-built installer on your local system to get the npm install command to work seamlessly. Click here to download

5. Access to the repositories

6. Enable Docker Model Runner (For Docker AI workshop)

docker desktop enable model-runner

7. Download the models (For Docker AI workshop)

Ensure that you have sufficient space to download these models on your Macbook.

docker model pull ai/llama3.2:1B-Q8_0
docker model pull hf.co/menlo/jan-nano-gguf:q4_k_m
docker model pull hf.co/menlo/lucy-gguf:q8_0

8. Docker Labspace CLI installed on your system

Install Labspace CLI using this link https://github.com/docker/docker-labspace-cli

9. Bring your own API Keys (for AI Governance and Sandbox Workshop)

Bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic Key to test AI Coding Agent in a Sandbox environment