1.2 Software Configuration

System Requirement

  • This tutorial is based on Ubuntu 18.04. Ubuntu with versions other than 18.04 are not covered in this tutorial, though they and other Linux distributions may also work as well.
  • How to install Ubuntu 18.04
  • Make sure all your packages are up-to-date:
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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y

Install Docker-CE

Uninstall the older versions of Docker if they exist

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sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc

Run the commands in the terminal to install the latest Docker

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curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

If you would like to run docker without sudo in the future, add yourself to the docker group

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# Replace YOUR_UBUNTU_USERNAME with the username you are using
sudo usermod -aG docker YOUR_UBUNTU_USERNAME

This is how it looks like after successfully deployed👇.

Reference: Install Docker Engine on Ubuntu