# Remote driver — Example: Remote BuildKit in Docker container

> This guide will show you how to create setup similar to the docker-container driver, by manually booting a BuildKit Docker container and connecting to it using the Buildx remote driver.

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## Knowledge

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This guide will show you how to create setup similar to the docker-container driver, by manually booting a BuildKit Docker container and connecting to it using the Buildx remote driver. This procedure will manually create a container and access it via it's exposed port. (You'd probably be better of just using the docker-container driver that connects to BuildKit through the Docker daemon, but this is for illustration purposes.)

Generate certificates for BuildKit.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    SAN="localhost 127.0.0.1" docker buildx bake "https://github.com/moby/buildkit.git#master:examples/create-certs"
```

With certificates generated in .certs/, startup the container

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ docker run -d --rm \
      --name=remote-buildkitd \
      --privileged \
      -p 1234:1234 \
      -v $PWD/.certs:/etc/buildkit/certs \
      moby/buildkit:latest \
      --addr tcp://0.0.0.0:1234 \
      --tlscacert /etc/buildkit/certs/daemon/ca.pem \
      --tlscert /etc/buildkit/certs/daemon/cert.pem \
      --tlskey /etc/buildkit/certs/daemon/key.pem
```

Connect to this running container using Buildx

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ docker buildx create \
      --name remote-container \
      --driver remote \
      --driver-opt cacert=${PWD}/.certs/client/ca.pem,cert=${PWD}/.certs/client/cert.pem,key=${PWD}/.certs/client/key.pem,servername=&lt;TLS_SERVER_NAME&gt; \
      tcp://localhost:1234
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ docker buildx create \
      --name remote-container \
      --driver remote \
      docker-container://remote-container
```

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