In this chapter, we will find out where to download and how to install Docker on various operating systems. Some basic Docker commands will be used so that we can verify whether the installation was successful and to interact with Docker for the very first time.
The following topics are covered in this chapter:
What is Docker?
Docker on Ubuntu Trusty 14.04 LTS
Docker on Mac OS X
Docker on Windows
Docker on Amazon EC2
This book will take you through all the steps, from installing Docker to running your own Platform as a Service (PaaS) so that you can push your code without having to think about infrastructure or server provisioning.
The theme of this book will be to create a modular web application using an isolated web server and a database.