# How to setup remote docker host

DevFeed: [How to setup remote docker host](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-setup-remote-docker-host-27332.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.pchudzik.com/202209/remote-docker/>)

Published: 2022-09-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Paweł Chudzik](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/pawe-chudzik.md>)

Topics: [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Image](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/image.md>), [docker images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-images.md>), [Testcontainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testcontainers.md>), [Amazon EC2](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-ec2.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [TLS (Transport Layer Security)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls.md>), [x86](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/x86.md>)

Tags: [arm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/arm.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [docker-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-images.md>), [ec2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ec2.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [integration-test](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integration-test.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [remote](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>), [x86](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/x86.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to set up a remote Docker host for integration tests when required ARM images are unavailable. It uses a Linux x86_64 AWS EC2 machine, configures TLS access to the Docker daemon, and connects a local Docker client to the remote host.

## Source excerpt

Not all docker images are available for ARM architecture (hopefully this will improve over time). Right now I'm working on a project where images for ARM are not available. Emulation works ok (but slow) most of the time. Lately, I stumbled upon an interesting performance/startup issue when running amd64-based containers using testcontainers in an integration test. Read more