- Install using Ubuntu repositories:
sudo apt install docker.io -y
- Alternatively, by downloading from download.docker.com
- Checking that docker cli (command line interface) is installed:
docker --version
- Checking that docker daemon is running
sudo docker images
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Expected output is an empty list as we have not created/pulled any images
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Running your first container:
sudo docker run hello-world
- Expected output:
78445dd45222: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:c5515758d4c5e1e838e9cd307f6c6a0d620b5e07e6f927b07d05f6d12a1ac8d7
Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest
Hello from Docker!
... more text comes here...
- List your container:
sudo docker ps -a
- Expected output is a list with one item on it