Docker Guide for Coti Nodes
  • Introduction
    • Why Docker?
  • The Basics
    • Installing Docker
    • Whoami
    • Docker Compose
  • Installing the Coti node
    • Installing Docker on a Server
    • Downloading the Configuration Files
    • Creating the .env file
    • Launching Your Node
    • Upgrading Your Node
  • Docker Reference
    • Commands Reference
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  • Once Docker is Installed
  1. The Basics

Installing Docker

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Last updated 2 years ago

Docker has a desktop application, which is great for learning Docker on your home computer. In this section, I'll guide you through how to install Docker desktop.

For all of the "The Basics" section, I suggest following this guide on your home laptop/computer. This will make learning Docker easier than following along on a remote server.

Windows Users

Follow the instructions on from Docker.

Mac Users

Download the Docker .

Linux Users

Follow the instructions on .

Once Docker is Installed

Docker Desktop gives a graphical user interface. The desktop app is useful sometimes, but from now on, I will refer to commands to be run from the command line, since that is also what we will eventually need to run Docker on a server.

The next page shows how to run a simple application using Docker.

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Desktop App for Mac
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This is an example of the Docker Desktop application with some running containers