Docker Installation Guide

Docker is a platform for developing, shipping, and running applications in containers.

Prerequisites

  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or later / Fedora / Arch Linux
  • Sudo privileges

Installation

Ubuntu/Debian

# Update package index
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y

# Install dependencies
sudo apt install -y apt-transport-\https ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release

# Add Docker GPG key
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg

# Add Docker repository
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

# Install Docker
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

Fedora

# Install dependencies
sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core

# Add Docker repository
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/fedora/docker-ce.repo

# Install Docker
sudo dnf install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S docker docker-compose

Post-Installation

Start and Enable Docker

sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker

Add User to Docker Group

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Log out and back in for changes to take effect.

Verification

docker --version
docker run --rm hello-world

Basic Commands

docker ps              # List running containers
docker ps -a          # List all containers
docker images         # List images
docker pull <image>   # Pull image
docker run -it <image>  # Run interactive container
docker stop <id>      # Stop container
docker rm <id>        # Remove container