qemu: uncaught target signal 11 (Segmentation fault) - core dumped in docker containers

Question

I am setting up Kafka in my local machine using docker-compose.

My machine details are:

macOsBigSur
Version - 11.2.3 (20D91)
Chip - Apple M1
RAM - 8 GB

Docker images are:

confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:5.5.0
confluentinc/cp-kafka:5.5.0
rabbitmq:3-management
confluentinc/cp-kafka-connect:5.5.0

Docker containers are not coming up due to qemu: uncaught target signal 11 (Segmentation fault) - core dumped error.

Could you please help me how to resolve this error?

Answer 1

I had the same issue using M1 chip with MacOS Monterey 12.5.

After upgrading to MacOS Ventura 13.3 and selecting

Use Rosetta for x86/amd64 emulation on Apple Silicon

in Docker Desktop -> Settings -> Features in development, the error disappeared and everything worked fine.

Note that this option is not available on MacOS versions lower than Ventura 13, so upgrade is required. Source: https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/6788

Update December 2023

You can find the option in the General tab, as it is no longer in development for the latest versions of Docker Desktop.