@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ else

 VIXDISKUTIL :=

 endif

+#marker file indicating if run from container

+DOCKER_ENV=/.dockerenv

+

 $(TOOLS_BIN):

 	mkdir -p $(TOOLS_BIN)

@@ -552,13 +555,19 @@ clean-chroot:

 check-tools: check-bison check-g++ check-gawk check-repo-tool check-texinfo check-sanity check-docker check-pyopenssl

 check-docker:

+ifeq (,$(wildcard $(DOCKER_ENV)))

 	@command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Package docker not installed. Aborting." >&2; exit 1; }

+endif

 check-docker-service:

+ifeq (,$(wildcard $(DOCKER_ENV)))

 	@docker ps >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Docker service is not running. Aborting." >&2; exit 1; }

+endif

 check-docker-py:

+ifeq (,$(wildcard $(DOCKER_ENV)))

 	@python3 -c "import docker; assert docker.__version__ >= '$(PHOTON_DOCKER_PY_VER)'" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Error: Python3 package docker-py3 $(PHOTON_DOCKER_PY_VER) not installed.\nPlease use: pip3 install docker==$(PHOTON_DOCKER_PY_VER)" >&2; exit 1; }

+endif

 check-pyopenssl:

 	@python3 -c "import OpenSSL" > /dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Error pyOpenSSL package not installed.\nPlease use: pip3 install pyOpenSSL" >&2; exit 1; }