Docker is a platform for developers and sysadmins to develop, ship, and run applications. Docker lets you quickly assemble applications from components and eliminates the friction that can come when shipping code. Docker lets you get your code tested and deployed into production as fast as possible.
With Docker, developers can build any app in any language using any toolchain. “Dockerized” apps are completely portable and can run anywhere - colleagues’ macOS and Windows laptops, QA servers running Ubuntu in the cloud, and production data center VMs running Red Hat.
Docker for Mac is the current release of Docker for macOS.
Docker for Mac can be downloaded here.
You'll need homebrew-cask to install Docker Toolbox, if you don't have it refer to this section.
There are two ways to install Docker
Option 1: These are the steps to install docker using brew
- Install the docker and docker machine from brew
brew install docker docker-machine- Install VirtualBox to let Docker create the images.
brew install --cask virtualboxIf you encounter an issue with the installer with an error message like
The install failed (The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail.
Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.)Use the following When you do fail, turn on System Preference and see if ‘System software from developer “Oracle America, inc” was blocked from loading.’ If you see that message, click Allow button and try to install again.
This should complete the installation
Now to create a Machine, follow the following steps:
docker-machine create --driver virtualbox defaultRun the following to tell Docker which machine to execute Docker on
docker-machine env defaultFinally, to verify all the installations:
docker run hello-worldYou can find more about Docker in the documentation.
Option 2: Install using the Docker App
- Navigate to the following link
https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-mac/This installation should provide you all the necessary GUI tools