How To Install Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 & 16.

04
LTS
Docker is container-based application framework, which wraps a specific application with all its
dependencies in a container. Docker containers can easily to ship to the remote location on start there
without making entire application setup. This tutorial will help you to install Docker on Ubuntu 18.10,
18.04 LTS, and 16.04 LTS
1. Prerequsites
The very first step is to remove any default Docker packages from the system before installation
Docker on a Linux VPS. Execute commands to remove unnecessary Docker versions.
sudo apt-get purge docker lxc-docker docker-engine docker.io
Now install some required packages on your system for installing Docker on Ubuntu system. Run the
below commands to do this:
sudo apt-get install curl apt-transport-https ca-certificates software-properties-common
2. Setup Docker Repository
Now import dockers official GPG key to verify packages signature before installing them with apt-get.
Run the below command on terminal.
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add
After that add the Docker repository on your Ubuntu system which contains Docker packages including
its dependencies. You must have to enable this repository to install Docker on Ubuntu.
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -
cs) stable"
3. Install Docker on Ubuntu
Your system is now ready for Docker installation. Run the following commands to upgrade apt index
and then install Docker community edition on Ubuntu.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce
After successful installation of Docker community edition, the service will start automatically, Use
below command to verify service status.
sudo systemctl status docker
Your system is now ready for running Docker containers. Use our Docker Tutorial for Beginners to
working with Docker.
4. How to Use Docker
After installation of Docker on a Linux. Here are some basic details for search and download Docker
images, launch containers and manage them.
Search Docker Images
First of all search Docker container images from Docker hub. For example, below command will
search all images with Ubuntu and list as output.
docker search ubuntu
Download Docker Images
Now download the Docker container with name Ubuntu on your local system using following
commands.
docker pull ubuntu

latest: Pulling from library/ubuntu

fa5be2806d4c: Pull complete

b4af4261cb15: Downloading [==> ] 3.779 MB/70.55 MB
5d358abc5d9c: Download complete
2933d50b9f77: Download complete
Now make sure that above images have been downloaded successfully on your system. Below
command list all images.
docker images

REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE

ubuntu latest 36248ae4a9ac 7 days ago 188 MB
Launch New Container with Image
Finally, launch a Docker container using an above-downloaded image on your system. Below
command will start a new container and provide you access to that container with /bin/bash shell.
docker run -i -t ubuntu /bin/bash
To exit from docker container type . This will leave container running in the background an provide
you host system console. If you used exit command, it will stop the current container.
After exiting from Docker container, execute below command to list all running containers.
docker ps

CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES

f2582758af13 ubuntu "/bin/bash" 2 hours ago Up 2 hours first_ubuntu
By default Above command will list only running containers. To list all containers (including stopped
container) use following command.
docker ps -a
Start/Stop/Attach Container
You can start, stop or attach to any containers with following commands. To start container use
following command.
docker start <CONTAINER_ID>
To stop container use following command.
docker stop <CONTAINER_ID>
To attach to currently running container use following command.
docker attach <CONTAINER_ID>