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To get started with Docker CE on Ubuntu, make sure you meet the prerequisites, then install Docker.
Prerequisites
Docker EE customers
To install Docker Enterprise Edition (Docker EE), go to Get Docker EE for Ubuntu instead of this topic.
To learn more about Docker EE, see Docker Enterprise Edition.
OS requirements
To install Docker CE, you need the 64-bit version of one of these Ubuntu versions:
- Artful 17.10 (Docker CE 17.11 Edge only)
- Zesty 17.04
- Xenial 16.04 (LTS)
- Trusty 14.04 (LTS)
Docker CE is supported on Ubuntu on x86_64
, armhf
, and s390x
(IBM z Systems) architectures.
s390x
limitations: System Z is only supported on Ubuntu Xenial and Zesty.
Uninstall old versions
Older versions of Docker were called docker
or docker-engine
. If these are installed, uninstall them:
$ sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io
It’s OK if apt-get
reports that none of these packages are installed.
The contents of /var/lib/docker/
, including images, containers, volumes, and networks, are preserved. The Docker CE package is now called docker-ce
.
If you need to use aufs
Docker CE now uses the overlay2
storage driver by default, and it is recommended that you use it instead of aufs
. If you need to use aufs
, you will need to do additional preparation.
XENIAL 16.04 AND NEWER
For Ubuntu 16.04 and higher, the Linux kernel includes support for OverlayFS, and Docker CE will use the overlay2
storage driver by default. If you need to use aufs
instead, you need to configure it manually. See aufs
TRUSTY 14.04
Unless you have a strong reason not to, install the linux-image-extra-*
packages, which allow Docker to use the aufs
storage drivers.
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install \
linux-image-extra-$(uname -r) \
linux-image-extra-virtual
Install Docker CE
You can install Docker CE in different ways, depending on your needs:
Most users set up Docker’s repositories and install from them, for ease of installation and upgrade tasks. This is the recommended approach.
Some users download the DEB package and install it manually and manage upgrades completely manually. This is useful in situations such as installing Docker on air-gapped systems with no access to the internet.
In testing and development environments, some users choose to use automated convenience scripts to install Docker.
Install using the repository
Before you install Docker CE for the first time on a new host machine, you need to set up the Docker repository. Afterward, you can install and update Docker from the repository.
SET UP THE REPOSITORY
Update the
apt
package index:$ 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 \ software-properties-common
Add Docker’s official GPG key:
$ curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Verify that you now have the key with the fingerprint
9DC8 5822 9FC7 DD38 854A E2D8 8D81 803C 0EBF CD88
, by searching for the last 8 characters of the fingerprint.$ sudo apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88 pub 4096R/0EBFCD88 2017-02-22 Key fingerprint = 9DC8 5822 9FC7 DD38 854A E2D8 8D81 803C 0EBF CD88 uid Docker Release (CE deb) <docker@docker.com> sub 4096R/F273FCD8 2017-02-22
Use the following command to set up the stable repository. You always need the stable repository, even if you want to install builds from the edge or test repositories as well. To add the edge or test repository, add the word
edge
ortest
(or both) after the wordstable
in the commands below.Note: The
lsb_release -cs
sub-command below returns the name of your Ubuntu distribution, such asxenial
. Sometimes, in a distribution like Linux Mint, you might have to change$(lsb_release -cs)
to your parent Ubuntu distribution. For example, if you are usingLinux Mint Rafaela
, you could usetrusty
.amd64:
$ sudo add-apt-repository \ "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \ $(lsb_release -cs) \ stable"
armhf:
$ sudo add-apt-repository \ "deb [arch=armhf] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \ $(lsb_release -cs) \ stable"
s390x:
$ sudo add-apt-repository \ "deb [arch=s390x] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \ $(lsb_release -cs) \ stable"
Note: Starting with Docker 17.06, stable releases are also pushed to the edge and test repositories.
INSTALL DOCKER CE
Update the
apt
package index.(操作到这一步的时候出现源无法读取的错误,将/etc/apt/sources.list中的deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu stable 这行注释掉后问题解决,trusty stable那行需要保留)$ sudo apt-get update
Install the latest version of Docker CE, or go to the next step to install a specific version. Any existing installation of Docker is replaced.
$ sudo apt-get install docker-ce
Got multiple Docker repositories?
If you have multiple Docker repositories enabled, installing or updating without specifying a version in the
apt-get install
orapt-get update
command will always install the highest possible version, which may not be appropriate for your stability needs.On production systems, you should install a specific version of Docker CE instead of always using the latest. This output is truncated. List the available versions.
$ apt-cache madison docker-ce docker-ce | 17.09.0~ce-0~ubuntu | https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu xenial/stable amd64 Packages
The contents of the list depend upon which repositories are enabled. Choose a specific version to install. The second column is the version string. The third column is the repository name, which indicates which repository the package is from and by extension its stability level. To install a specific version, append the version string to the package name and separate them by an equals sign (
=
):$ sudo apt-get install docker-ce=<VERSION>
The Docker daemon starts automatically.
Verify that Docker CE is installed correctly by running the
hello-world
image.$ sudo docker run hello-world
This command downloads a test image and runs it in a container. When the container runs, it prints an informational message and exits.
Docker CE is installed and running. You need to use sudo
to run Docker commands. Continue to Linux postinstall to allow non-privileged users to run Docker commands and for other optional configuration steps.
UPGRADE DOCKER CE
To upgrade Docker CE, first run sudo apt-get update
, then follow the installation instructions, choosing the new version you want to install.
Install from a package
If you cannot use Docker’s repository to install Docker CE, you can download the .deb
file for your release and install it manually. You will need to download a new file each time you want to upgrade Docker CE.
Go to https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/, choose your Ubuntu version, browse to
pool/stable/
and chooseamd64
,armhf
, ors390x
. Download the.deb
file for the Docker version you want to install.Note: To install an edge package, change the word
stable
in the URL toedge
. Learn about stable and edge channels.Install Docker CE, changing the path below to the path where you downloaded the Docker package.
$ sudo dpkg -i /path/to/package.deb
The Docker daemon starts automatically.
Verify that Docker CE is installed correctly by running the
hello-world
image.$ sudo docker run hello-world
This command downloads a test image and runs it in a container. When the container runs, it prints an informational message and exits.
Docker CE is installed and running. You need to use sudo
to run Docker commands. Continue to Post-installation steps for Linux to allow non-privileged users to run Docker commands and for other optional configuration steps.
UPGRADE DOCKER CE
To upgrade Docker CE, download the newer package file and repeat the installation procedure, pointing to the new file.
Install using the convenience script
Docker provides convenience scripts at get.docker.com and test.docker.com for installing stable and testing versions of Docker CE into development environments quickly and non-interactively. The source code for the scripts is in the docker-install
repository. Using these scripts is not recommended for production environments, and you should understand the potential risks before you use them:
- The scripts require
root
orsudo
privileges in order to run. Therefore, you should carefully examine and audit the scripts before running them. - The scripts attempt to detect your Linux distribution and version and configure your package management system for you. In addition, the scripts do not allow you to customize any installation parameters. This may lead to an unsupported configuration, either from Docker’s point of view or from your own organization’s guidelines and standards.
- The scripts install all dependencies and recommendations of the package manager without asking for confirmation. This may install a large number of packages, depending on the current configuration of your host machine.
- Do not use the convenience script if Docker has already been installed on the host machine using another mechanism.
This example uses the script at get.docker.com to install the latest stable release of Docker CE on Linux. To install the latest testing version, use test.docker.com instead. In each of the commands below, replace each occurrence of get
with test
.
Warning:
Always examine scripts downloaded from the internet before running them locally.
$ curl -fsSL get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
$ sudo sh get-docker.sh
<output truncated>
If you would like to use Docker as a non-root user, you should now consider
adding your user to the "docker" group with something like:
sudo usermod -aG docker your-user
Remember that you will have to log out and back in for this to take effect!
WARNING: Adding a user to the "docker" group will grant the ability to run
containers which can be used to obtain root privileges on the
docker host.
Refer to https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/security/#docker-daemon-attack-surface
for more information.
Docker CE is installed. It starts automatically on DEB
-based distributions. On RPM
-based distributions, you need to start it manually using the appropriate systemctl
or service
command. As the message indicates, non-root users are not able to run Docker commands by default.
UPGRADE DOCKER AFTER USING THE CONVENIENCE SCRIPT
If you installed Docker using the convenience script, you should upgrade Docker using your package manager directly. There is no advantage to re-running the convenience script, and it can cause issues if it attempts to re-add repositories which have already been added to the host machine.
Uninstall Docker CE
Uninstall the Docker CE package:
$ sudo apt-get purge docker-ce
Images, containers, volumes, or customized configuration files on your host are not automatically removed. To delete all images, containers, and volumes:
$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker
You must delete any edited configuration files manually.
Next steps
Continue to Post-installation steps for Linux
Continue with the User Guide.
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