Docker Container Engine (Debian)

This article describes how to install and use Docker Container Engine on Debian 12 (Bookworm) as of 2024-08-30.

Installation

Check out Docker docs at https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/debian/ for up-to-date instructions.

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/debian/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/debian \
  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update

Install latest Docker packages:

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

Verify installation by running hello-world image:

sudo docker run hello-world

Docker Management Commands

docker login                      
docker pull <imagename>           # login may be necessary; 
                                  # download docker image from hub.docker.com
docker images                     # show list of images
docker ps -a                      # alias for show list of all containers
docker container ls -a            # show list of all containers
docker container rm <container>   # Remove container