Install Docker on Raspberry Pi

Environment

• Operating System : Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
• Model : Raspberry Pi 2 (Model B)

Docker Installation Procedure on Raspberry Pi

The following steps showed the step by step installation guideline.

Raspian Information

• Check the model of the Raspberry Pi:

  cat /proc/device-tree/model
  

  It confirms that I have a Raspberry Pi 2 (Model B)

  Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Rev 1.1
  

• Check the Operating System (OS) of the Raspberry Pi:

  cat /etc/os-release
  

  This shows the details information of the OS.

  PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
  NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
  VERSION_ID="9"
  VERSION="9 (stretch)"
  VERSION_CODENAME=stretch
  ID=raspbian
  ID_LIKE=debian
  HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/"
  SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
  BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"
  

Install Docker

• Update and Upgrade Existing Packages:

  sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
  

• Install the Docker client:

  curl -sSL https://get.docker.com | sh
  

  

• Add current user to docker group to user Docker as a non-root user:

  sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}
  

• Log out and re login to the system to take effect. Default password of Raspian is: raspberry.

• Check Docker version:

  docker --version
  Docker version 19.03.12, build 48a6621
  

• Run the hello-world docker application:

  docker run hello-world
  

  

Reference

• Raspberry Pi Blog: Docker comes to Raspberry Pi
• Introduction to Docker and installation process on Ubuntu 18.04