Installing Docker in Ubuntu 20.04

Docker is a software for automating the deployment and management of applications in an operating system-level virtualization environment. It allows you to package an application with all its environment and dependencies into a container that can be ported to any Linux system with kernel cgroups support and provides a container management environment

Before installing Docker, update the existing Ubuntu package list: ``.shell sudo apt update

Next, let's install the necessary packages that allow **apt** to use packages over HTTPS:
``.shell
sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common

Add the GPG key of the official Docker repository to your system: ``.shell curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Add Docker repository to the list of APT package sources:
``.shell
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal stable"

Then update the packages database with information about Docker packages from the newly added repository: ``.shell sudo apt update

To make sure to install Docker from the Docker repository and not from the default Ubuntu repository, run the command:
``.shell
apt-cache policy docker-ce

``.shell root@kvmde68-19464:~# apt-cache policy docker-ce docker-ce: Installed: (none) Candidate: 5:19.03.11~3-0~ubuntu-focal Version table: 5:19.03.11~3-0~ubuntu-focal 500 500 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal/stable amd64 Packages 5:19.03.10~3-0~ubuntu-focal 500 500 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal/stable amd64 Packages 5:19.03.9~3-0~ubuntu-focal 500 500 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal/stable amd64 Packages

Note that docker-ce is not installed, but is a candidate to install from the Docker repository for Ubuntu 20.04 (focal version).

Installing Docker:
``.shell
sudo apt install docker-ce

Docker is installed, the process will start at system startup.

Let's check that the process is running: ``.shell sudo systemctl status docker

``.shell
root@kvmde68-19464:~# sudo systemctl status docker
Docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-06-22 16:19:04 MSK; 18s ago
TriggeredBy: ● docker.socket
       Docs: https://docs.docker.com
   Main PID: 3289 (dockerd)
      Tasks: 8
     Memory: 36.3M
     CGroup: /system.slice/docker.service
             └─3289 /usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock

Jun 22 16:19:03 kvmde68-19464.fornex.org dockerd[3289]: time="2020-06-22T16:19:03.447245632+03&gt
Jun 22 16:19:03 kvmde68-19464.fornex.org dockerd[3289]: time="2020-06-22T16:19:03.447627302+03&gt
Jun 22 16:19:03 kvmde68-19464.fornex.org dockerd[3289]: time="2020-06-22T16:19:03.448236842+03&gt
Jun 22 16:19:03 kvmde68-19464.fornex.org dockerd[3289]: time="2020-06-22T16:19:03.449654437+03&gt
Jun 22 16:19:03 kvmde68-19464.fornex.org dockerd[3289]: time="2020-06-22T16:19:03.896983152+03&gt
Jun 22 16:19:04 kvmde68-19464.fornex.org dockerd[3289]: time="2020-06-22T16:19:04.107198555+03&gt
Jun 22 16:19:04 kvmde68-19464.fornex.org dockerd[3289]: time="2020-06-22T16:19:04.244408196+03&gt
Jun 22 16:19:04 kvmde68-19464.fornex.org dockerd[3289]: time="2020-06-22T16:19:04.245672224+03&gt
Jun 22 16:19:04 kvmde68-19464.fornex.org systemd[1]: Started Docker Application Container Engi&gt
Jun 22 16:19:04 kvmde68-19464.fornex.org dockerd[3289]: time="2020-06-22T16:19:04.396727868+03

When we install Docker, we get not only the Docker service, but also the docker command line utility or the Docker client.

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