To start the installation of Docker, we are going to use an Ubuntu instance. You can use Oracle Virtual Box to setup a virtual Linux instance, in case you don’t have it already.

The subsequent screenshot shows a simple Ubuntu server which has been installed on Oracle Virtual Box. There is an OS user named demo which has been defined on the system having entire root access to the sever.

To install Docker, we would like to follow the steps given below.

Step 1 − Before installing Docker, you first have to ensure that you have the right Linux kernel version running. Docker is only designed to run on Linux kernel version 3.8 and higher. We can do this by running the subsequent command.

uname

This method returns the system information about the Linux system.

Syntax

uname -a

Options

a − This is employed to ensure that the system information is returned.

Return Value

This method returns the subsequent information on the Linux system −

kernel name
node name
kernel release
kernel version
machine
processor
hardware platform
operating system

Example

uname –a

Output

When we run above command, we will get the subsequent result −

From the output, we can see that the Linux kernel version is 4.2.0-27 which is higher than version 3.8, so we are good to go.

Step 2 − You would like to update the OS with the latest packages, which can be done via the subsequent command −

apt-get

This method installs packages from the Internet on to the Linux system.

Syntax

sudo apt-get update

Options

sudo − The sudo command is employed to ensure that the command runs with root access.
update − The update option is employed ensure that all packages are updated on the Linux system.

Return Value

None

Example

sudo apt-get update

Output

When we run the above command, we will get the subsequent result −

This command will connect to the internet and download the latest system packages for Ubuntu.

Step 3 − The next step is to install the necessary certificates that will be required to work with the Docker site later on to download the necessary Docker packages. It can be done with the subsequent command.

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates

Step 4 − The next step is to add the new GPG key. This key is required to ensure that all data is encrypted when downloading the necessary packages for Docker.

The subsequent command will download the key with the ID 58118E89F3A912897C070ADBF76221572C52609D from the keyserver hkp://ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 and adds it to the adv keychain. Please note that this particular key is required to download the necessary Docker packages.

Step 5 − Next, depending on the version of Ubuntu you have, you will would like to add the relevant site to the docker.list for the apt package manager, so that it will be able to detect the Docker packages from the Docker site and download them accordingly.

Precise 12.04 (LTS) ─ deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repoubuntu-precise main
Trusty 14.04 (LTS) ─ deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/ ubuntu-trusty main
Wily 15.10 ─ deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-wily main
Xenial 16.04 (LTS) – https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial main

Since our OS is Ubuntu 14.04, we will use the Repository name as “deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repoubuntu-trusty main”.

And then, we will would like to add this repository to the docker.list as mentioned above.

echo “deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-trusty main” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list

Step 6 − Next, we issue the apt-get update command to update the packages on the Ubuntu system.

Step 7 − If you want to verify that the package manager is pointing to the right repository, you can do it by issuing the apt-cache command.

apt-cache policy docker-engine

Within the output, you will get the link to https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/

Step 8 − Issue the apt-get update command to ensure all the packages on the local system are up to date.

Step 9 − For Ubuntu Trusty, Wily, and Xenial, we have to install the linux-image-extra-* kernel packages, which allows one to use the aufs storage driver. This driver is employed by the newer versions of Docker.

It can be done by using the subsequent command.

sudo apt-get install linux-image-extra-$(uname -r) linux-image-extra-virtual

Step 10 − The final step is to install Docker and we can do this with the subsequent command −

sudo apt-get install –y docker-engine

Here, apt-get uses the install option to download the Docker-engine image from the Docker website and get Docker installed.

The Docker-engine is the official package from the Docker Corporation for Ubuntu-based systems.

Within the next section, we will see how to check for the version of Docker that was installed.

Docker Version

To see the version of Docker running, you can issue the subsequent command −

Syntax

docker version

Options

version − It is employed to ensure the Docker command returns the Docker version installed.

Return Value

The output will provide the various details of the Docker version installed on the system.

Example

sudo docker version

Output

When we run the above program, we will get the subsequent result −

Docker Info

To see more information on the Docker running on the system, you can issue the subsequent command −

Syntax

docker info

Options

info − It is employed to ensure that the Docker command returns the detailed information on the Docker service installed.

Return Value

The output will provide the various details of the Docker installed on the system such as −

Number of containers
Number of images
The storage driver employed by Docker
The root directory employed by Docker
The execution driver employed by Docker

Example

sudo docker info

Output

When we run the above command, we will get the subsequent result −

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