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brew install docker-machine-driver-vultr

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overview

Package summary

Docker Machine driver plugin for Vultr Cloud

Project links

Commands and aliases

docker-machine-driver-vultr

history

Project history and usage

Docker Machine Vultr Driver is a provider plugin that lets docker-machine, and later Rancher Machine workflows, create Docker-capable hosts on Vultr. It is a narrow but historically useful package from the period when docker-machine drivers were the standard way to turn cloud VMs into Docker hosts from a laptop or CI system.

Project history

The Vultr README describes the package as a driver for both docker-machine and Rancher Node Driver use. It now points users toward rancher-machine, noting that docker-machine is maintained there under that successor workflow, while still documenting the older driver binary installation model.

Adoption history

Adoption is mainly visible through its role as an official Vultr-maintained driver and its Homebrew formula. The README's Rancher Machine emphasis reflects the broader migration away from upstream Docker Machine while preserving the provider-driver interface for users who still need automatic Vultr node creation.

How it is used

Users install docker-machine or rancher-machine, place docker-machine-driver-vultr on PATH, provide a Vultr API key, and run a create command with the vultr driver. The documented options expose Vultr-specific server type, region, plan, OS, SSH key, networking, backups, firewall, tag, and startup-data controls.

Why package nerds care

For package people, this is a clean specimen of cloud-specific Docker Machine driver packaging: a provider API wrapped as a small CLI plugin, distributed separately from the core tool, and useful only when the matching provider and orchestration workflow are in play.

Timeline

Docker Machine era: The driver implements the external cloud-provider plugin model.
Rancher Machine era: The README recommends rancher-machine for successor workflows.
Vultr APIv4 era: The documented workflow uses Vultr APIv4 personal API keys and provider-specific options.

Related projects

Related projects include Docker Machine, Rancher Machine, Rancher Node Driver workflows, Vultr's API, and other Docker Machine cloud drivers.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

text:cloud

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`docker-machine-driver-vultr`	cli	global executable

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Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version2.3.0

manager updated2026-07-01

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.3.0

https://github.com/vultr/docker-machine-driver-vultr

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:docker-machine-driver-vultr
Version	2.3.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/docker-machine-driver-vultr
Homepage	https://github.com/vultr/docker-machine-driver-vultr
Repository	https://github.com/vultr/docker-machine-driver-vultr
Upstream docs	https://github.com/vultr/docker-machine-driver-vultr#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/vultr/docker-machine-driver-vultr/archive/refs/tags/v2.3.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-01T05:48:18Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	rancher-machine
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

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Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	docker-machine-driver-vultr
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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combined/docker-machine-driver-vultr.yml

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