Docker Compose on Ubuntu Server

Installing Docker Compose on Ubuntu Server Latest

Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. It is used to orchestrate containers and manage their dependencies. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Docker Compose on Ubuntu Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start with this tutorial, you should have:

Ubuntu Server Latest installed.
A non-root user with sudo privileges.

Step 1 - Install Docker Engine

Before installing Docker Compose, you need to install Docker engine on your system. You can follow the official Docker installation guide for Ubuntu [here] (https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/).

Step 2 - Download Docker Compose

The following command will download the latest version of Docker Compose from the official Github repository:

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.28.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

If you want to install a specific version of Docker Compose, you can replace the version number in the above command with your desired version.

After downloading Docker Compose, set the appropriate permissions so that it can be executed:

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Step 3 - Add Docker Compose to Environment Variables

Finally, add the Docker Compose binary to your PATH environment variable by creating a symbolic link to the /usr/local/bin/ directory:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/docker-compose /usr/bin/docker-compose

Step 4 - Verify Docker Compose installation

You can verify the installation of Docker Compose by running the following command:

docker-compose --version

This command should display the version number of Docker Compose that you installed.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you successfully installed Docker Compose on Ubuntu Server Latest. Now you can use Docker Compose to manage your Docker containers and their dependencies.