# DevKinsta - Couldn't start Docker, but Colima and Docker are running
**URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-couldnt-start-docker-but-colima-and-docker-are-running/3467
**Category:** Application Support
**Created:** [May 27, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-couldnt-start-docker-but-colima-and-docker-are-running/3467 "2024-05-27T11:10:41Z")
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### Author:  [@kybernaut](https://community.kinsta.com/u/kybernaut)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-couldnt-start-docker-but-colima-and-docker-are-running/3467/1 "2024-05-27T11:10:41Z")
Hi!
I’m on Macbook M1, and normally, I use DDEV with colima for localhost development, but since the site is on Kinsta, I wanted to give a change to DevKinsta. However, I’m stuck with this, although colima and Docker are running. Any help for me?
Thanks a lot!
Karolina
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### Author:  [@Agus](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Agus)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-couldnt-start-docker-but-colima-and-docker-are-running/3467/2 "2024-05-28T00:33:35Z")
Hello @kybernaut ( Karolina ) 👋 and welcome to Kinsta Community Forum!
Thank you for reaching us out! 😄
I have never heard/used colima before and am not quite sure about it and how it works. Based on your screenshot above though, the socket mentions:
> unix:///Users/kv/.colima/default/docker.sock
(while when I checked on laptop - it’s running on Linux Ubuntu with Docker Engine, the docker endpoint is showing: `unix:///var/run/docker.sock` instead )
Regarding the `DK0004` error shown in DevKinsta, looks like it couldn’t see/find Docker and couldn’t start it (I suspect, it may be probably due to the socket/endpoint difference mentioned above? 🤔 ).
Could you please check if the Docker installed there (used with/by Colima) is **Docker engine** only? or is **Docker Desktop**?
As per our documentation here: [Installation - Kinsta®](https://kinsta.com/docs/devkinsta/devkinsta-getting-started/installation/#mac) - it requires **Docker Desktop** to run DevKinsta on Mac O/S.
Perhaps you may want to try to re-install fresh Docker Desktop and then re-launch DevKinsta and see if it can find/see Docker properly (and can start it?).
Also, after you re-installed Docker Desktop, you may want to run from your Terminal with this command: `docker context ls`
(and see what is the path shows there, under the “Docker Endpoint” column)
Best regards
Agus Utomo
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### Author:  [@bilnbel](https://community.kinsta.com/u/bilnbel)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2025, 10:51am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-couldnt-start-docker-but-colima-and-docker-are-running/3467/3 "2025-10-24T10:51:33Z")
Thanks @Agus, your observation is correct. 😀
The reason I don’t want to use Docker Desktop is because I have limited resources on my MacBook Air M1 based model.
Colima is a lightweight VM manager that purely used to host the dockerd (Docker daemon) with Alpine or Ubuntu VM.
@kybernaut I create a symlink `sudo ln -sf ~/.colima/default/docker.sock /var/run/docker.sock` and now I can use DevKinsta without needed the Docker Desktop.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.kinsta.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-couldnt-start-docker-but-colima-and-docker-are-running/3467/4 "2025-10-26T22:52:29Z")
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