Installation Linux Install script provided by Docker: curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh Or see Installation instructions for your Linux distribution. Create Docker VM with Docker Machine You can use Docker Machine to: Install and run Docker on Mac or Windows Provision and manage multiple remote Docker hosts Provision Swarm clusters A simple example to create a local Docker VM with VirtualBox: docker-machine create --driver=virtualbox default docker-machine ls eval "$(docker-machine env default)" Then start up a container: docker run alpine echo "hello-world" That's it, you have a running Docker container. Container lifecycle Create a container: docker create imageName . Create and start a container in one operation: docker run imageName Remove the container after it stops --rm : docker run --rm alpine ls /usr/lib Attach the container stdin/stdout to the current terminal use -it : docker run -it ubuntu bash To mount a directory on the host to a...