How To Install Docker DigitalOcean

To install Docker on a DigitalOcean droplet, you can follow these steps:

1. Log in to your droplet via SSH.
2. Update the package index and install some prerequisite packages:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg-agent software-properties-common

3. Add Docker’s GPG key:

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

4. Add the Docker repository to your system’s software sources:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"

5. Update the package index again:

sudo apt-get update

6. Install Docker:

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

7. Verify that Docker is installed correctly by running the following command:

sudo docker run hello-world

This should output a message indicating that Docker is working correctly.

That’s it! You have now installed Docker on your DigitalOcean droplet.