Getting Started Guide

Welcome to the clustering-with-docker wiki!

• Set up Debian server VMs in Virtualbox.

• Docker Installation

Steps to be followed

1. Set up the Docker Repository

Update the apt package index.

$ sudo apt-get update

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

$ sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg2 software-properties-common

Add Docker’s official GPG key:

$ curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo apt-key add –

command to set up the stable repository:

$ sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian $(lsb_release -cs) stable"

2. Install Docker Engine-Community

Update the apt package index.

$ sudo apt-get update

Install the latest version of Docker Engine - Community and containerd.

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

Verify that Docker Engine - Community is installed correctly by running the hello-world image.

$ sudo docker run hello-world

To use Docker as a non-root user:

$ sudo usermod -aG docker username

• Docker Compose Installation

Docker compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container docker applications using '.yml' file on a single docker host.

Steps to be followed:

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

$ sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.25.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Allow executable permissions to the binary:

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

Test the installation.

$ docker-compose --version