There are no specific skills needed for this tutorial beyond a basic comfort with the command line and using a text editor. Prior experience in developing web applications will be helpful but is not required. As you proceed further along the tutorial, we'll make use of Docker Cloud.
Getting all the tooling setup on your computer can be a daunting task, but getting Docker up and running on your favorite OS has become very easy.
The getting started guide on Docker has detailed instructions for setting up Docker on Mac, Linux and Windows.
If you're using Docker for Windows make sure you have shared your drive.
Important note If you're using an older version of Windows or MacOS you may need to use Docker Machine instead.
All commands work in either bash or Powershell on Windows
Once you are done installing Docker, test your Docker installation by running the following:
$ docker run hello-world
Unable to find image 'hello-world:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from library/hello-world
03f4658f8b78: Pull complete
a3ed95caeb02: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:8be990ef2aeb16dbcb9271ddfe2610fa6658d13f6dfb8bc72074cc1ca36966a7
Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest
Hello from Docker.
This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly.
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For the next step in the tutorial, head over to 1.0 Running your first container