Windows

Requirements

1. Windows version:
   1. Windows 11 64-bit: Home or Pro version 21H2 or higher.
   2. Windows 10 64-bit: Home or Pro 21H1 (build 19043) or higher.
   3. Verify by opening the Windows menu, then type: 'system information' and search in the version line, there you will find the build number. Update Windows if necessary.
2. Enable the WSL 2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) backend:
   1. In the PowerShell terminal type: wsl --install -d ubuntu-20.04 This will install the Windows subsystem for Linux with the Ubuntu 20.04 distro.
   2. After installing WSL, it will be necessary to restart your computer. Then there will be a short installation and activation process that will ask you to set a user name and an administrator password.
3. Your system must have at least 4GB of RAM
4. Hardware virtualization must be active in the BIOS
   1. Enter the BIOS at start up and there access CPU configurations, then enable virtualization (e.g. VT-x, AMD-V, SVM, Vanderpool)
   2. Open the Windows menu and type 'Turn Windows Features on or off'. There, check that 'Virtual Machine Platform' and 'Windows Subsystem for Linux' are selected.

For further details, please visit https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual

Installation

1. Download Docker for Windows (https://desktop.docker.com/win/main/amd64/Docker%20Desktop%20Installer.exe)
2. Execute the Docker Desktop Installer.exe file to install the software as usual.
3. If requirement 2. above was not done or did not worked well, it is possible that during the installation Docker asks to install the WSL 2 components. Please select this option.
   
   

Note: If there is a Firewall warning asking to allow Docker to connect to private and/or public networks, please allow both connections.

More details in https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/windows-install/

Apple

For Mac (Intel)

Requirements

• MacOS must be version 10.15 or newer. That is, Catalina, Big Sur, or Monterey.
• If you have VirtualBox with a version lower than 4.3.30, you have to uninstall it or upgrade it.

Installation

1. Download Docker for Mac (Intel): https://desktop.docker.com/mac/main/amd64/Docker.dmg?utm_source=docker&utm_medium=webreferral&utm_campaign=docs-driven-download-mac-amd64
2. Install the Docker.dmg file as with any other application, and accept the subscription agreement.

For Mac (M1)

Requirements

• To get the best experience, Docker recommends to install Rosetta 2. To install Rosetta 2, open the Terminal and type: softwareupdate --install-rosetta

Installation

1. Download Docker for Mac (M1 chip): https://desktop.docker.com/mac/main/arm64/Docker.dmg?utm_source=docker&utm_medium=webreferral&utm_campaign=docs-driven-download-mac-arm64
2. Install the Docker.dmg file as with any other application, and accept the subscription agreement.

More details in https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/mac-install/

Linux

This example uses the Ubuntu distro. For specific instructions on other distros please visit: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/linux-install/

Requirements

• Have a 64-bit version of either Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish 22.04 (LTS) or Ubuntu Impish Indri 21.10. Docker Desktop is supported on x86_64 (or amd64) architecture.
• For non-Gnome Desktop environments, gnome-terminal must be installed:

sudo apt install gnome-terminal

Installation

IMPORTANT: Docker Desktop on Linux runs a Virtual Machine (VM). This means images and containers deployed on the Linux Docker Engine (before installation) are not available in Docker Desktop for Linux.

This is a simplified, step-by-step version of the required commands to install Docker from the terminal. For further details and additional commands see the detailed instructions.

Uninstall the tech preview or beta version of Docker Desktop:

sudo apt remove docker-desktop

For a complete cleanup, remove configuration and data files at $HOME/.docker/desktop, the symlink at /usr/local/bin/com.docker.cli, and purge the remaining system service files with:

rm -r $HOME/.docker/desktop sudo rm /usr/local/bin/com.docker.cli sudo apt purge docker-desktop

Set up the repository

Update the apt package index and install packages to allow apt to use a repository over HTTPS:

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install \ ca-certificates \ curl \ gnupg \ lsb-release

Add Docker’s official GPG key:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg

Set up the repository:

echo \ "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \ $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

Install Docker

Download the latest DEB package from https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/linux-install/.

Update the package index:

sudo apt-get update

Navigate to the folder where the file is stored, e.g.:

cd Downloads

Run the command sudo apt-get install ./ writing afterwards the exact name and extension of the file downloaded, e.g.:

sudo apt-get install ./docker-desktop-4.14.1-amd64.deb

Launch Docker with:

systemctl --user start docker-desktop