# How to run FoundationDB on a Mac?

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**Category:** Using FoundationDB\
**Created:** [September 27, 2022, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/how-to-run-foundationdb-on-a-mac/3563 "2022-09-27T08:23:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![panghy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/panghy/32/19_2.png) [@panghy](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/panghy)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/how-to-run-foundationdb-on-a-mac/3563/6 "2022-10-05T22:18:04Z")

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I have been publishing an arm64 image of FoundationDB + Lionrock (hence using gRPC to access FDB) on [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/clementpang/lionrock-test-server/tags) for a while now.

Perfect for unit tests that spins up a container on my M1 mac, run some tests and discard.

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