Server-Side Swift with Vapor, Episode 9: Creating a Model | raywenderlich.com

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In this episode, learn how to use Fluent to create a model and save it in the database.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.raywenderlich.com/21451628-server-side-swift-with-vapor/lessons/9
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I have an M1 Mac and really do not want to install Docker Desktop (Because it is not yet officially released for ARM / M1, the license has changed to disallow use on a machine used for commercial development, and because of all the extra stuff it installs.)

Any option to run under Ubuntu/Linux? Can I just skip this section of the course and get something out of the following sections? Thanks!

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So to clarify - Docker Desktop is released for M1, as are the containers, it’ doesn’t install VirtualBox anymore and is free for commercial use if your revenue is less that $10 million. I highly recommend using it.

You can follow along and run under Ubuntu fine and use non-Docker containers if you want. You can even run a database by installing a Postgres server on you Mac/Ubuntu machine and configuring it to connect to that instead of using Docker

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I think I am going to try to go the non-Docker route and just use a Ubuntu VM. The post I found online says the M1 version was not officially released … very glad to hear otherwise.

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The Docker page says:

Do I need to pay to continue to use Docker Desktop?

Docker Desktop can be used for free as part of a Docker Personal subscription for: small companies (fewer than 250 employees AND less than $10 million in annual revenue), personal use, education, and non-commercial open source projects.

My employer is certainly larger than this … though only a very tiny percentage of us are developers. I suppose I could argue that this is for personal study and not work, but it seems a complicated way to go…

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Unless you’re following the tutorial to build something for your employer then you’re fine. If you are building something for your employer, then a) awesome you’re using Vapor! :tada: and b) you’ll need to ask them as IANAL