Install Docker Ubuntu

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May 25, 2018 Docker Container, Docker, docker ce, docker on ubuntu, install docker, install docker on ubuntu Docker is container-based application framework, which wraps a specific application with all its dependencies in a container.

To get started with Docker Engine - Community on Ubuntu, make sure youmeet the prerequisites, theninstall Docker.

Prerequisites

Docker EE customers

To install Docker Enterprise Edition (Docker EE), go toGet Docker EE for Ubuntuinstead of this topic.

To learn more about Docker EE, seeDocker Enterprise Edition.

OS requirements

To install Docker Engine - Community, you need the 64-bit version of one of these Ubuntuversions:

Disco 19.04
Cosmic 18.10
Bionic 18.04 (LTS)
Xenial 16.04 (LTS)

Docker Engine - Community is supported on x86_64 (or amd64), armhf, arm64, s390x(IBM Z), and ppc64le (IBM Power) architectures.

Uninstall old versions

Older versions of Docker were called docker, docker.io , or docker-engine.If these are installed, uninstall them:

It’s OK if apt-get reports that none of these packages are installed.

The contents of /var/lib/docker/, including images, containers, volumes, andnetworks, are preserved. The Docker Engine - Community package is now called docker-ce.

Supported storage drivers

Docker Engine - Community on Ubuntu supports overlay2, aufs and btrfs storage drivers.

Note: In Docker Engine - Enterprise, btrfs is only supported on SLES. See the documentation onbtrfs for more details.

For new installations on version 4 and higher of the Linux kernel, overlay2is supported and preferred over aufs. Docker Engine - Community uses the overlay2storage driver by default. If you need to use aufs instead, you need toconfigure it manually. See aufs

Install Docker Engine - Community

You can install Docker Engine - Community in different ways, depending on your needs:

Most usersset up Docker’s repositories and installfrom them, for ease of installation and upgrade tasks. This is therecommended approach.
Some users download the DEB package andinstall it manually and manageupgrades completely manually. This is useful in situations such as installingDocker on air-gapped systems with no access to the internet.
In testing and development environments, some users choose to use automatedconvenience scripts to install Docker.

Install using the repository

Before you install Docker Engine - Community for the first time on a new host machine, you needto set up the Docker repository. Afterward, you can install and update Dockerfrom the repository.

Set up the repository

Update the apt package index:
Install packages to allow apt to use a repository over HTTPS:
Add Docker’s official GPG key:
Verify that you now have the key with the fingerprint9DC8 5822 9FC7 DD38 854A E2D8 8D81 803C 0EBF CD88, by searching for thelast 8 characters of the fingerprint.
Use the following command to set up the stable repository. To add thenightly or test repository, add the word nightly or test (or both)after the word stable in the commands below. Learn about nightly and test channels.
Note: The lsb_release -cs sub-command below returns the name of yourUbuntu distribution, such as xenial. Sometimes, in a distributionlike Linux Mint, you might need to change $(lsb_release -cs)to your parent Ubuntu distribution. For example, if you are using Linux Mint Tessa, you could use bionic. Docker does not offer any guarantees on untestedand unsupported Ubuntu distributions.

Install Docker Engine - Community

Update the apt package index.
Install the latest version of Docker Engine - Community and containerd, or go to the next step to install a specific version:
Got multiple Docker repositories?
If you have multiple Docker repositories enabled, installingor updating without specifying a version in the apt-get install orapt-get update command always installs the highest possible version,which may not be appropriate for your stability needs.
To install a specific version of Docker Engine - Community, list the available versions in the repo, then select and install:
a. List the versions available in your repo:
b. Install a specific version using the version string from the second column, for example, 5:18.09.1~3-0~ubuntu-xenial.
Verify that Docker Engine - Community is installed correctly by running the hello-worldimage.
This command downloads a test image and runs it in a container. When thecontainer runs, it prints an informational message and exits.

Docker Engine - Community is installed and running. The docker group is created but no usersare added to it. You need to use sudo to run Docker commands.Continue to Linux postinstall to allownon-privileged users to run Docker commands and for other optional configurationsteps.

Upgrade Docker Engine - Community

To upgrade Docker Engine - Community, first run sudo apt-get update, then follow theinstallation instructions, choosing the new version you wantto install.

Install from a package

If you cannot use Docker’s repository to install Docker Engine - Community, you can download the.deb file for your release and install it manually. You need to downloada new file each time you want to upgrade Docker.

Go to https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/,choose your Ubuntu version, browse to pool/stable/, choose amd64,armhf, arm64, ppc64el, or s390x, and download the .deb file for theDocker Engine - Community version you want to install.
Note: To install a nightly package, change the wordstable in the URL to nightly.Learn about nightly and test channels.
Install Docker Engine - Community, changing the path below to the path where you downloadedthe Docker package.
The Docker daemon starts automatically.
Verify that Docker Engine - Community is installed correctly by running the hello-worldimage.
This command downloads a test image and runs it in a container. When thecontainer runs, it prints an informational message and exits.

Docker Engine - Community is installed and running. The docker group is created but no usersare added to it. You need to use sudo to run Docker commands.Continue to Post-installation steps for Linuxto allow non-privileged users to run Docker commands and for other optionalconfiguration steps.

Upgrade Docker Engine - Community

To upgrade Docker Engine - Community, download the newer package file and repeat theinstallation procedure, pointing to the new file.

Install using the convenience script

Docker provides convenience scripts at get.docker.comand test.docker.com for installing edge andtesting versions of Docker Engine - Community into development environments quickly andnon-interactively. The source code for the scripts is in thedocker-install repository.Using these scripts is not recommended for productionenvironments, and you should understand the potential risks before you usethem:

The scripts require root or sudo privileges to run. Therefore,you should carefully examine and audit the scripts before running them.
The scripts attempt to detect your Linux distribution and version andconfigure your package management system for you. In addition, the scripts donot allow you to customize any installation parameters. This may lead to anunsupported configuration, either from Docker’s point of view or from your ownorganization’s guidelines and standards.
The scripts install all dependencies and recommendations of the packagemanager without asking for confirmation. This may install a large number ofpackages, depending on the current configuration of your host machine.
The script does not provide options to specify which version of Docker to install,and installs the latest version that is released in the “edge” channel.
Do not use the convenience script if Docker has already been installed on thehost machine using another mechanism.

This example uses the script at get.docker.com toinstall the latest release of Docker Engine - Community on Linux. To install the latesttesting version, use test.docker.com instead. Ineach of the commands below, replace each occurrence of get with test.

Warning:

Always examine scripts downloaded from the internet beforerunning them locally.

If you would like to use Docker as a non-root user, you should now consideradding your user to the “docker” group with something like:

Remember to log out and back in for this to take effect!

Warning:

Adding a user to the “docker” group grants them the ability to run containerswhich can be used to obtain root privileges on the Docker host. Refer toDocker Daemon Attack Surfacefor more information.

Docker Engine - Community is installed. It starts automatically on DEB-based distributions. OnRPM-based distributions, you need to start it manually using the appropriatesystemctl or service command. As the message indicates, non-root users can’trun Docker commands by default.

Upgrade Docker after using the convenience script

If you installed Docker using the convenience script, you should upgrade Dockerusing your package manager directly. There is no advantage to re-running theconvenience script, and it can cause issues if it attempts to re-addrepositories which have already been added to the host machine.

Uninstall Docker Engine - Community

Uninstall the Docker Engine - Community package:
Images, containers, volumes, or customized configuration files on your hostare not automatically removed. To delete all images, containers, andvolumes:

You must delete any edited configuration files manually.

Next steps

Continue to Post-installation steps for Linux
Continue with the User Guide.

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Active1 year, 6 months ago

I've installed Ubuntu 17.04 (VirtualBox). But since I have Ubuntu 17.04, it seems like docker is not yet available for Ubuntu 17.04. Is there any workaround to install Docker on Ubuntu 17.04?

This is my commande line history:

This is the actual error:

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There is no official support of docker in Ubuntu 17.04 yet. An alternative is to download and install the binary of docker from https://github.com/moby/moby/releases.

For example if you want to install docker version 17.04.0-ce from binary, follow these steps:

This docker directory contains all the binaries. You need to add this directory to your PATH.You will need to manually start dockerd first.This page contains more details about how to install and run docker from a binary.

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Docker hasn't setup a repository for the latest ubuntu, but that's an easy fix because their release for ubuntu 16 is compatible. For the time being, just edit /etc/apt/sources.list and on the line:

Replace zesty by xenial. Run sudo apt-get update and you can proceed with sudo apt-get install docker-ce

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bluehallubluehallu

Just a quick note: Currently to install docker-ce on ubuntu 17.04 (zesty) you need to be on the edge channel: see https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/32423#issuecomment-300164496

Therefore you need to add deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu zesty edge to your sources.

Georgi GoranovGeorgi Goranov

The information in this thready is outdated and can result in malfunctioning docker installation; ubuntu zesty is now supported, and packages are available; see the installation manual: https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/

Older versions of Docker were called docker or docker-engine. If these are installed, uninstall them:

If you want all the installation steps to be done 'automatically', you can also use the installation script at https://get.docker.com/

Update the apt package index:

Install packages to allow apt to use a repository over HTTPS:

Add Docker’s official GPG key:

Verify that the key fingerprint is 9DC8 5822 9FC7 DD38 854A E2D8 8D81 803C 0EBF CD88.

Use the following command to set up the stable repository (for the amd64 architecture):

INSTALL DOCKER CE

Thanks Sebastiaan van Stijn for helping me with this.

peakpeak

I finally managed to make it work. Here's the solution that works for me:

Use the solution proposed by Ravexina:
sudo apt install docker.io
Then use this :
sudo gpasswd -a ${USER} docker
Finally, reboot my system

Voilà ... it works perfect.