
We can use the following command to check whether the container is up and running: docker ps You can run the Premium Edition by adding -e 'MSSQL_PID=Premium'.

You can also change the value of the -name parameter if you wish.īy default, the container is run with the Developer Edition. Once the download is completed, run the following command to launch an instance of the Docker image you just downloaded: sudo docker run -cap-add SYS_PTRACE -e 'ACCEPT_EULA=1' -e 'MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=bigStrongPwd' -p 1433:1433 -name sqledge -d /azure-sql-edgeīe sure to change bigStrongPwd to a strong password of your choice. You can alternatively check the container options on the Docker website if you prefer. That pulls/downloads the container image to your local machine. Open a Terminal window and run the following command: docker pull /azure-sql-edge As mentioned, this uses the SQL Server Database Engine, and we can therefore use it to run T-SQL queries, etc, as if we were querying SQL Server. Now that Docker is installed, we can go ahead and install Azure SQL Edge. Go ahead and provide your password, as Docker needs this to run. When you open Docker, you might be prompted for your password.

Seeing as we’re installing SQL Edge via a Docker container, we need to have Docker installed. In this article I install the Developer Edition of Azure SQL Edge on a Mac with the M1 chip. You can also the same tools to query Azure SQL Edge that you would use with SQL Server (such as SSMS, Azure Data Studio, etc). It’s built on the latest versions of the SQL Server Database Engine, so you can use T-SQL code just like you would when using SQL Server. Therefore, we can use that image instead of the SQL Server image.Īzure SQL Edge is an optimized relational database engine geared for IoT and IoT Edge deployments. The container image for Azure SQL Edge can be installed on the M1 Mac. The problem is, at the time of writing, SQL Server isn’t supported on the ARM architecture. This can cause a problem when trying to install SQL Server.

Since then, Apple has released its M1 chip, which uses ARM architecture. I previously explained how to install SQL Server on a Mac using the SQL Server for Linux Docker image.
