This is a step by step docker installation guide on ubuntu. Before proceeding docker installation, I am uninstalling all the docker related packages so I can start it from fresh. Below command is used to uninstall docker packages.
for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose docker-compose-v2 podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done
First step is configure docker repository using below commands and update the apt-get system on ubuntu.
# Add Docker's official GPG key: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc # Add the repository to Apt sources: echo \ "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \ $(. /etc/os-release && echo "${UBUNTU_CODENAME:-$VERSION_CODENAME}") stable" | \ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null sudo apt-get update
Using below commands install docker packages and its components.
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
Once packages are installed successfully. Verify docker version and install test container on docker to check everything is working fine. For more and in dept installation and configuration information check official documentation:- https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/
docker version sudo docker run hello-world
permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.51/containers/json": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied
If you don't have sudo access and you are receiving above error. You will need to provide one time access to docker group to current user using following command.
#sudo groupadd docker #optional sudo usermod -aG docker $USER # sudo usermod -aG docker ${$USER} reboot -f
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