In this article, sharing about how to install the docker with docker compose on Ubuntu, and all basic operations.

Installations

  1. Update the package list: Run the following command in the terminal
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sudo apt update
  1. Install necessary packages to allow apt to use a repository over HTTPS
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sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
  1. Add Docker’s official GPG key
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curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
  1. Set up the stable repository
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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
  1. Update the package list again to include the Docker repository
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sudo apt update
  1. Install docker
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sudo apt install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
  1. Verify that Docker is installed correctly by running the following command
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sudo docker --version
  1. Start and enable the Docker service
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sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker

Basic Commands

  1. Check current running containers
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sudo docker ps
  1. Check all containers
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sudo docker ps -a
  1. Stop a container
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sudo docker stop {Container_ID}
  1. Get into container
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sudo docker run -it {Container_ID} /bin/sh
  1. Copy a file from container to local
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sudo docker cp /path/on/container /path/on/local/machine