- 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 - Expected output is an empty list as we have not created/pulled any images
- 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 local containers:
sudo docker ps -a - Expected output is a list with one item on it