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Learn Docker basics and the benefits of containerizing your applications.

Download and install

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Guides

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Language-specific guides

Learn how to containerize language-specific applications using Docker.

Product manuals

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Reference

Browse through the CLI and API reference documentation.

How do I?

Check out the following topics to learn how to build, run, and deploy your applications using Docker.

Containerize language-specific apps using Docker

Write a Dockerfile

Manage container networking

Write a Docker Compose file

Work with volumes and bind mounts

Share my image on Docker Hub

Configure the Docker daemon

Build and run an image

Manage Docker objects

Use multi-stage builds

Scale apps using Swarm

Popular videos

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How to get started with Docker

How to build and test your Docker images in the Cloud

Simplify all the things with Docker Compose

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Docker Desktop

Getting Started with Docker

Take a walkthrough that covers writing your first app, data storage, networking, and swarms, and ends with your app running on production servers in the cloud.

FAQs

Can I install Docker Desktop on Windows 10 Home?

What are the system requirements for Docker Desktop?

How do I connect from a container to a service?

What are the system requirements for Docker Desktop?

How do I connect to a container from Mac?

Popular articles

Docker Desktop WSL 2 backend

Install Docker Desktop on Mac

Docker Desktop Dashboard

Deploy on Kubernetes

Logs and troubleshooting

Networking features in Docker Desktop

Hub

Getting Started with Docker

Take a walkthrough that covers writing your first app, data storage, networking, and swarms, and ends with your app running on production servers in the cloud.

FAQs

How do I share images on Docker Hub?

How do I create an organization?

How do I create a team and add team members?

Popular articles

Docker Hub official images

Create Docker Hub repositories

Set up automated builds

Manage access tokens

Docker Hub Webhooks

Engine

Getting Started with Docker

Take a walkthrough that covers writing your first app, data storage, networking, and swarms, and ends with your app running on production servers in the cloud.

Popular articles

Install Docker Engine on Ubuntu

Run a command in a container

Dockerfile reference

Docker daemon reference

Docker build reference

Compose

Getting Started with Docker

Take a walkthrough that covers writing your first app, data storage, networking, and swarms, and ends with your app running on production servers in the cloud.

FAQs

How do I run multiple copies of a Compose file on the same host?

Can I use json instead of yaml for my Compose file?

Where can I find example Compose files?

Popular articles

Install Docker Compose

Getting started with Docker Compose

Environment variables in Compose

Networking in Compose

Best practices

Take a look at our best practices and reference architecture topics to fine tune your deployment.

Best practices for writing Dockerfile

Best practices for writing a Docker Compose file

Docker Development best practices

Docker Security best practices

Develop with Docker

Learn how to develop language-specific apps using Docker.

Containerize Node.js app using Docker

Docker for Java developers

Ruby on Rails app on Docker

Dockerize a .Net Core application

Dockerize an ASP.NET Core application with SQL Server on Linux

Play with Docker

Tutorial

Self-paced tutorials to increase your Docker knowledge.

Lab Environment

Complete a workshop without installing anything using this Docker playground.

Community Training

Free and paid learning materials from Docker Captains.

Community resources

Find a local meetup

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Upcoming Events

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Tune in Monthly

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Community news

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Meet the Captains

Select members of the community that are both experts in their field and are passionate about sharing their Docker knowledge with others.

Educational resources

Expand your understanding of Docker with these additional resources.