apple-silicon-startup.md

Running on Apple M1/M2/M3 hardware

If you happen to be using macOS computers with Apple Silicon processors, you need to use a slightly (or very, depends) process for provisioning a VM with the required tools.

:warn: Currently my setup only works with x86_64 emulation.

Vagrant-based setup

Installing base tools

In order to get all the things running, you need a few extra tools on your host:

brew install vagrant qemu
#Due to dependency errors, we must install vbguest first..

vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
vagrant plugin install vagrant-qemu

Initial VM provisioning

Then, if everything goes fine, things could be pretty straightforward.

VAGRANT_VAGRANTFILE=Vagrantfile.m1mac vagrant up

Dockerized version

Thanks to @adamivora and his effort, you can use another (easier) way of provisioning the necessary toolset on your host.

With Docker Compose

You need the following software installed:

• Docker Desktop

Option 1 - Build it yourself

docker compose build # takes ~20 minutes on a M1 Macbook Pro
docker compose run memory-analysis /bin/bash

Option 2 - Use a pre-built image

This is faster, but it means you trust me with the process of building the image and not including any malicious code.

docker compose -f docker-compose.prebuilt.yml run memory-analysis /bin/bash

Resources

• https://gist.github.com/beauwilliams/69eabc42e540a309f53d55c4b8e6ffe3