🚀 DevOps Engineer Mac Setup Documentation

This document captures the full setup we’ve done so far on your macOS system.

1. 🔧 Core Tools Installed with Homebrew

We used Homebrew to install base utilities:

brew install git wget curl jq yq tree htop watch gnu-sed gawk coreutils findutils

Purpose:

git → version control
jq / yq → JSON/YAML parsing
htop, watch → system/process monitoring
GNU tools (sed, awk, etc.) → more powerful versions than macOS defaults

2. 🐳 Docker Setup

Problem:

Running docker ps gave:

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock.

Solution:

Installed Docker Desktop (daemon + GUI) via Homebrew:
```
brew install --cask docker
```
Alternative: Colima for a lightweight Docker runtime:
```
brew install colima
colima start
```

3. 🌐 Browsers & Terminals

Installed additional tools:

brew install --cask arc terminus warp

Arc Browser → modern web browser
Terminus → customizable terminal
Warp → AI-powered modern terminal (popular in DevOps)

4. 🛠 Oh My Zsh & Zsh Customization

Install Oh My Zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

This sets Zsh as the default shell and installs config in ~/.oh-my-zsh.

5. 🎨 Powerlevel10k Theme Setup

The default robbyrussell or agnoster themes looked boring. We installed Powerlevel10k, which is the modern DevOps choice.

Install Powerlevel10k into Oh My Zsh

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git \
  ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

Update `~/.zshrc`

ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"

Reload Zsh

exec zsh

This triggered the Powerlevel10k configuration wizard, which saved settings into:

~/.p10k.zsh

6. 🖌 Fonts for Icons/Glyphs

Installed Nerd Fonts for proper icons:

brew install --cask font-meslo-lg-nerd-font

This ensures Powerlevel10k glyphs (e.g., git icons, arrows, kube symbols) render correctly.

7. 📦 Languages & Runtimes

Node.js (20, 22, 24 via NVM)

brew install nvm
mkdir ~/.nvm

Add to ~/.zshrc:

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh"

Then install versions:

nvm install 20
nvm install 22
nvm install 24
nvm alias default 22

Go

brew install go

Python 3.10 (via pyenv)

brew install pyenv
pyenv install 3.10.14
pyenv global 3.10.14

8. 🗄 Database Tools

Installed GUIs:

brew install --cask mysqlworkbench pgadmin4

MySQL Workbench → MySQL management
pgAdmin4 → PostgreSQL management

9. ⚡ Verification

Docker works after running Docker Desktop (or Colima).
exec zsh loads Powerlevel10k prompt.
Fonts/icons render correctly with Nerd Font.
Node, Go, Python versions installed and switchable.
Database GUIs installed.

🔮 Next Steps

Add zsh plugins for better productivity:

# In ~/.zshrc
plugins=(
  git
  zsh-autosuggestions
  zsh-syntax-highlighting
)

Install them via:

brew install zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting

To re-run Powerlevel10k wizard:
```
p10k configure
```

👉 Do you want me to extend this doc into a step-by-step script (so you can set up a new Mac in one go), or keep it as reference notes?

Got it ✅ — I went through our full conversation from top to bottom and extracted every tool, language, runtime, and app we installed (or planned to install). Here’s the consolidated list:

📦 Installed Tools & Applications (from our setup)

🔧 Core Utilities

git
wget
curl
jq (JSON parser)
yq (YAML parser)
tree
htop
watch
gnu-sed
gawk
coreutils
findutils

🐳 Containers & Orchestration

docker (CLI)
Docker Desktop (daemon + GUI)
colima (lightweight Docker alternative – optional)
docker-compose
kubectl
kubectx / kubens
stern
helm
kind
k9s
minikube

☁️ Cloud & IaC

awscli
azure-cli
google-cloud-sdk
terraform
opentofu

🔐 Security & Networking

nmap
httpie
curlie
mitmproxy
wireguard-tools

🛠 Monitoring & Observability

promtool (Prometheus tool)
grafana-loki

📦 Package & Language Managers

pyenv (Python versions)
pipx
nvm (Node version manager)
nodenv (alternative Node version manager)
goenv (Go version manager)

🖥️ Terminals & Shell

iterm2
warp
terminus
oh-my-zsh (framework)
powerlevel10k (theme)
MesloLGS Nerd Font (for icons/glyphs)

⚡ Zsh Plugins

zsh-autosuggestions
zsh-syntax-highlighting
zsh-completions

🎨 IDEs & Editors

visual-studio-code
cursor (AI-powered IDE fork of VS Code)

🌐 Browsers

arc
google-chrome

📬 Communication

slack
microsoft-outlook
thunderbird

🎵 Media & Productivity

spotify
vlc
google-drive
dropbox
rectangle (window manager)
alfred (productivity launcher)
itsycal (calendar)
notion
zoom

🗄️ Database Tools

mysqlworkbench
pgadmin4

🛠 Languages & Runtimes

Node.js (20, 22, 24 via nvm)
Go
Python 3.10 (via pyenv)

👉 This is the complete list of everything we’ve installed or configured in this chat.

Do you want me to turn this into a categorized “Mac DevOps Bootstrap Script” (one shell script that installs everything in one go)?

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