Install Docker Engine on Debian

Installing Docker on Debian

Install using the apt repository

Set up the repository

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

Copysudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg

2.Add Docker’s official GPG key

Copysudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg

3.Use the following command to set up the repository

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

4.Update the apt package index

Copysudo apt-get update

Install Docker Engine

5.Install Docker Engine, containerd, and Docker Compose

Copysudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

6.Start Docker

Copysudo systemctl start docker

7.Enable Docker

Copysudo systemctl enable docker

Install Docker Engine (Script)

Or for Docker installation, you can use the following script. Just run this script

Copysudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt autoremove -y
# Docker has restricted access to some countries
# echo "nameserver 192.168.X.X" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf >/dev/null
sudo apt install ca-certificates curl gnupg -y
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo echo \
  "deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian \
  "$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin -y
sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker
echo "=== Docker Installed Successfully ==="