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Install Docker on Linux

1) Update system​

  • Make sure your system are using latest version of everything
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
  • Install packages help apt download package via HTTPS
sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common -y

2) Install Docker​

Docker can be installed using either a quick method or a more detailed one.

The quick one​

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh

Another way​

  • Add Docker's GPG official
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg |sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
  • Add Docker repository into APT source list
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list> /dev/null
  • Install Docker Engine
sudo apt update
sudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io -y

3) Check Docker status​

If it's fine, you'll see active (running) status

sudo systemctl status docker

4) Allow Docker run without sudo​

sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}
newgrp docker

5) Test Docker​

If you see welcome message, it mean Docker install successfully

docker run hello-world

6) Install Docker Compose (Optional)​

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Now your Linux system ready to go! Happy Coding.