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Installing Docker on a Raspberry Pi

Background

You can install the Docker client on your Raspberry Pi with just one terminal command.[1]

Requirements

  • Hardware: Raspberry Pi 4
  • OS: Debian 10 (Buster)

Installation

Run the following commands:[2] [1:1]

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$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
$ curl -sSL https://get.docker.com | sh

Post-Install Configuration

Once that completes, run the following commands to allow docker to run as non-root:[3]

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$ sudo groupadd docker
$ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
$ newgrp docker

Sources


  1. Title: Docker comes to Raspberry Pi
    Publication: Raspberry Pi Foundation News
    Author(s): Matt Richardson ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Title: Installing Docker on the Raspberry Pi
    Publication: PiMyLife Up ↩︎

  3. Title: Docker Docs: Post-Install for Linux
    Publication: Docker Docs ↩︎