Ask HN: Alternative to Virtualbox on M1 Macs?

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Based on https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=98742, it seems that Virtualbox will not work on an ARM host computer, no plans to port it. Since I heavily rely on the pack Vagrant + Virtualbox to do development on my current MBP, what alternatives do you propose?

My current setup is: I use Vagrant to spawn a couple of VMs and inside them I run Docker containers.

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Im on a macbook air, but I use a desktop as a service solution. (shells.com)

Can you run docker directly and skip the vms?

I want to simulate my production environment as much as I can. My production env looks like:

- Ubuntu machine + nginx installed on it (no container) + 1 Docker container with my app

- Ubuntu machine + mysql installed on it (no container)

So, sure I could run on top of my development laptop 3 Docker containers: nginx, my app, and mysql... but this is not exactly what I have on production. Whereas with Vagrant and can easily bootstrap 2 VMs (2 Ubuntus) and within them run the containers above mentioned, plus nginx and mysql installed "raw".

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