Lia Infraservices, the professional iOS Mobile Application Development company in Chennai brings you the step by step procedure to Install Docker on Mac. Before we deep drive in towards interesting with the Docker file, you need to install Docker on your Mac.
The installation instructions depend on the operating system you use.
You can also check with the Docker Website for the detailed instructions to install Docker on the following OS mentioned below.
- Windows
- Linux
- macOS
As I am a hard-core Mac user and I am going to show you the exact steps to install Docker on a Mac.
Note: If you use Windows or Linux, please refer to the instructions that are available to you on the web.
Steps to Install Docker on Mac:
Open the browser and go to the below URL
https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-mac/
Click on “Get Docker”
System Requirements for Docker (Mac) Desktop :
This will download the dmg file as below.
Double click on Docker.dmg
The Docker App is slightly more than 400 Mb of file size.
Once it gets copy into the Application folder
Go to the Application folder and find docker.app file
You may get this message.
Enter your Mac laptop password and click on install helper.
Then, you will get a screen where it will say, Docker engine is starting and finally a screen like below.
Now, look at mac top icon section and you will see the icon of Docker.
Once it is installed, you can look for its version from the terminal
Conclusion:
Docker for Mac does not affect your previous machines created via Docker Machine, The step by step installation procedure gives you the option to copy containers and images from your local machine if you have one.
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