How to install Docker on Ubuntu Server

17 February 2025

# 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


# sudo apt-get update

# sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

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