{"id":77,"date":"2023-03-15T15:08:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T15:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartglover.com\/?p=77"},"modified":"2026-02-02T09:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T09:56:31","slug":"installing-docker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/?p=77","title":{"rendered":"Installing Docker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alpine Linux<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Docker is a powerful tool for running and managing containerized applications. It allows developers to package their applications and dependencies into lightweight containers that can be easily shipped and run on any platform. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Docker on Alpine Linux, a lightweight distribution based on the musl libc library and busybox utilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before starting, you will need to have a server running Alpine Linux. You can install Alpine Linux on a physical machine or on a virtual machine using tools like VirtualBox or VMware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installing Docker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Installing Docker on Alpine Linux is straightforward. First, update the package manager&#8217;s package index by running the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>apk\u00a0update<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, install Docker by running the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>apk\u00a0add\u00a0docker<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This will install the Docker engine, as well as the <code>docker<\/code> and <code>docker-compose<\/code> command-line tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Starting Docker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After installation, start the Docker daemon by running the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>\/etc\/init.d\/docker start<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also start Docker automatically on boot by running the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>rc-update\u00a0add\u00a0docker\u00a0default<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Testing Docker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To test your Docker installation, run the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>docker run hello-world<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This will pull and run the <code>hello-world<\/code> image, which displays a message confirming that Docker is working correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Docker on Alpine Linux. You can now use Docker to run and manage containerized applications on your Alpine Linux server. To learn more about Docker and containerization, check out the official Docker documentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alpine Linux Docker is a powerful tool for running and managing containerized applications. It allows developers to package their applications and dependencies into lightweight containers that can be easily shipped and run on any platform. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Docker on Alpine Linux, a lightweight distribution based on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-docker","category-home-lab"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7023,"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/7023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}