In this, the first chapter, we are going to look at installing and configuring Docker on the following platforms:
macOS Sierra
Windows 10 Professional
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop
Once installed, we will then look at how you can interact with your local Docker installation.
Before we start our installation, I would like to take a moment to quickly talk about the version of Docker which we will be installing.
At the time of writing, Docker 17.03 has just been released and like most updates, introduces new features as well as changes to existing features. This book has been written with this version of Docker so some of the commands listed may not work or have the same effect when using older versions.
If you already have Docker installed, I would recommend that you check that you are running Docker 17.03 by running the following command:
docker version
If your version of Docker is older that 17.03 then please refer to the upgrade instructions in each of the following sections before proceeding with the rest of the chapters.