/docker-install-commands

Docker installation

We are using Amazon Linux 2 OS for this. For reference

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/create-container-image.html#create-container-image-install-docker

Connect EC2 instance in AWS

  • Create a security group that can allow all IP to all ports. Create inbound and outbound both.
  • Launch an EC2 instance with AWS Linux 2 and create key pair in ppk format
  • We are going to use Putty and Super putty to connect our instances. You can use any SSH client to connect.
  • to connect any instance you need to provide
    • IP
    • Username
    • Password/private key
    • Port (SSH by default takes port number 22)

Install Docker in AWS Linux 2

  • Update OS packages
sudo yum update -y
  • Install Docker
sudo amazon-linux-extras install docker
  • Start Docker
sudo service docker start
  • Enable it
sudo systemctl enable docker
  • Add user to docker group
sudo usermod -a -G docker ec2-user

Just logout and login again to run docker commands with normal user.