Install docker on ubuntu 64 bit

Docker is an open-source project to easily create lightweight, portable, self-sufficient containers from any application. The same container that a developer builds and tests on a laptop can run at scale, in production, on VMs, bare metal, OpenStack clusters, public clouds and more.

Installation of Docker on ubuntu 64 bit machine

Installing from script:

curl -s https://get.docker.io/ubuntu/ | sudo sh

If above script failed( script is provided by docker.io , so chances are slim), then follow these steps.

Follow these steps:

1. # install the backported kernel
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-raring linux-headers-generic-lts-raring
   

2. # reboot
   sudo reboot

3. 
   First add the Docker repository key to your local keychain.
   
   
   sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 36A1D7869245C8950F966E92D8576A8BA88D21E9
   
   
   

4. 
   You may receive a warning that the package isn’t trusted. Answer yes to continue installation.
   
   
   sudo sh -c "echo deb http://get.docker.io/ubuntu docker main\
   > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list"
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install lxc-docker
   
   
   

5. 
   Now verify that the installation has worked by downloading the ubuntu image and launching a container.
   
   
   sudo docker run -i -t ubuntu /bin/bash
   
   
   

Reference:

• http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/installation/ubuntulinux/#ubuntu-precise
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