Prerequisites

System Dependencies

Docker

1. Update the package index and install packages.

sudo apt-get update

2. Install the necessary Docker dependencies

sudo apt-get install \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg \
    lsb-release

3. Add Docker's official GPG key:

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg

4. Set up a stable repository using the following command.

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

5. Install the latest version of Docker Engine and containerd,

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

6. Verify whether the Docker is successfully installed using.

docker --version

Sample Response:

Docker version 20.10.7, build f0df350

Docker Compose

1. Run this command to download the current stable release of Docker Compose:

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

2. Apply executable permissions to the binary:

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose‌

3. Verify whether the docker-compose is successfully installed using.

docker-compose --version

Response:

docker-compose version 1.29.2, build 1110ad01

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