Install and Configure Docker on Ubuntu

Install and Configure Docker on Ubuntu

What is Docker ?

Docker is a software platform that allows you to build, test, and deploy applications quickly. Docker packages software into standardized units called containers that have everything the software needs to run including libraries, system tools, code, and runtime. Using Docker, you can quickly deploy and scale applications into any environment and know your code will run.

Docker vs Virtualization comparison diagram

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  • In this post i ll explain how to install docker and configure it
  • First we want to remove the old version of docker
 sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc

Output:

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  • Then update the os
 sudo apt-get update
  • Install the dependencies
 sudo apt-get install \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg \
    lsb-release

Output:

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

Output:

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  • Use the following command to set up the stable repository.
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

Output:

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  • Again update the server
 sudo apt-get update
  • Install Docker Engine
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

Output:

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  • Now we are add our user in Docker service group. So that we will execute the docker command with out root access or sudo access.

First check the docker group is already created.

sudo cat /etc/group

Output:

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  • Now you can see the docker group created inn the last few lines entry. if its not there create the group docker.
sudo groupadd docker

Output:

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  • After that add your non root user to that docker group.

Syntax: sudo usermod −aG docker [non−root user]

sudo usermod −aG docker ubuntu

Output:

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  • After this enable the docker service on system startup.

Enable Docker service on system startup.

 sudo systemctl enable docker.service
 sudo systemctl enable containerd.service

Output:

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  • To take effect all the configuration changes restart the server.
sudo init 6

After that system restart we want to check docker running properly. so that we want to run sample docker container. Docker provide hello world container for testing purpose.

 sudo docker run hello-world

This command downloads a test image and runs it in a container. When the container runs, it prints a message and exits.

Output:

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Thats all guys... we are successfully installed docker.

Unsinsatlaion Part

To completely uninstall Docker:

Step 1

dpkg -l | grep -i docker To identify what installed package you have:

Step 2

sudo apt-get purge -y docker-engine docker docker.io docker-ce docker-ce-cli sudo apt-get autoremove -y --purge docker-engine docker docker.io docker-ce

The above commands will not remove images, containers, volumes, or user created configuration files on your host. If you wish to delete all images, containers, and volumes run the following commands:

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker /etc/docker sudo rm /etc/apparmor.d/docker sudo groupdel docker sudo rm -rf /var/run/docker.sock

You have removed Docker from the system completely.

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