Installing Docker

May 28, 2025

1. Update your system:

Run the following commands to update your system.

sudo apt update

2. Add Docker’s Official Repository:

Run the following commands to set up Docker’s official repository in your WSL environment:

# Install prerequisites for adding repositories
sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg

# Add Docker’s official GPG key
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg

# Add the Docker repository to APT sources
echo \
"deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
$(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

3. Install Docker:

Now install Docker and its components:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

4. Now let’s ditch the ‘sudo’ dependency:

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

4. Install Portainer as a container:

docker pull portainer/portainer-ce
docker volume create portainer_data
docker run -d \
    -p 9000:9000 \
    --name portainer \
    --restart always \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    -v portainer_data:/data \
    portainer/portainer-ce

4. Install Foxy Container (Optional):

docker run -d --rm --name firefox -p 5800:5800 -p 5900:5900 jlesage/firefox

You’ll have a full blown browser running at http://localhost:5800.