Docker is a set of coupled software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service products that use operating-system-level virtualization to develop and deliver software in packages called containers. The software that hosts the containers is called Docker Engine.
Containers are isolated from each other and bundle their own software, libraries and configuration files; they can communicate with each other through well-defined channels. All containers are run by a single operating-system kernel and are thus more lightweight than virtual machines. Containers are created from images that specify their precise contents. Images are often created by combining and modifying standard images downloaded from public repositories.
Step 1 — Install Docker
Before we install Docker, let’s first update all packages:
$ yum update
Install dependencies:
$ yum install -y yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2
Configure the docker-ce repo:
$ sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
Install docker-ce:
$ yum install docker-ce
Add your user to the docker group:
$ usermod -aG docker $(whoami)
Set Docker to start automatically at boot time:
$ systemctl enable docker
Start the Docker service:
$ systemctl start docker
Verify status of Docker service:
$ systemctl status docker
Step 2 —Check Docker version
To test the version of docker installed, run below command:
# docker --version Docker version x.x.x-ce, build xxxxxx
Run docker info (or docker version) to view more details of docker
# docker info Containers: 0 Running: 0 Paused: 0 Stopped: 0 Images: 0 Server Version: 17.12.0-ce Storage Driver: overlay2 ...
Step 3 —Test Docker installation
Test that your installation works by running the simple Docker image, hello-world:
# docker run hello-world Unable to find image 'hello-world:latest' locally latest: Pulling from library/hello-world ca4f61b1923c: Pull complete Digest: sha256:ca0eeb6fb05351dfc8759c20733c91def84cb8007aa89a5bf606bc8b315b9fc7 Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest Hello from Docker! This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly. ...
List the hello-world
image that was downloaded to your machine:
# docker image ls
List the hello-world
container (spawned by the image) which exits after displaying its message. If it were still running, you would not need the --all
option:
# docker container ls --all CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS 54f4984ed6a8 hello-world "/hello" 20 seconds ago Exited (0) 19 seconds ago
Summary of docker commands used in our tutorial.
## List Docker CLI commands ## docker docker container --help ## Display Docker version and info ## docker --version docker version docker info ## Execute Docker image ## docker run hello-world ## List Docker images ## docker image ls ## List Docker containers (running, all, all in quiet mode) ## docker container ls docker container ls --all docker container ls -aq
Step 4 — Install Docker Compose
Install dependencies for Docker Compose:
$ yum install epel-release
Install python-pip:
$ yum install -y python-pip
Next, install Docker Compose:
$ pip install docker-compose
Upgrade Python packages:
$ yum upgrade python*
Verify the Docker Compose installation:
$ docker-compose version
This completes the Docker and Docker-Compose installation tutorial. Enjoy your Docker journey!