Welcome to the Docker Documentation

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Getting Started

Try Getting Started withDocker Engine to learn the basics of building and running containers, Getting Started with Docker Compose to see how easy it is to deploy a multi-container app (standing up a Python + Redis app in the process), or our Swarm tutorial, which shows how to run containers on many hosts (VMs or physical machines) at once, as a cluster. Prefer a more linear, guided, visual tour? Check out our self-paced training!

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Docker for Mac

A native application using the OS X sandbox security model which delivers all Docker tools to your Mac.
Docker for Windows

A native Windows application which delivers all Docker tools to your Windows computer.
Docker for Linux

Install Docker on a computer which already has a Linux distribution installed.

Docker Engine

Create Docker images and run Docker containers.

As of v1.12.0, Engine includes swarm mode container orchestration features.

Docker Hub

A hosted registry service for managing and building images.
Docker Cloud

A hosted service for building, testing, and deploying Docker images to your hosts.
Docker Trusted Registry

(DTR) stores and signs your images.
Docker Universal Control Plane

(UCP) Manage a cluster of on-premises Docker hosts as if they were a single machine.
Docker Machine

Automate container provisioning on your network or in the cloud. Available for Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux.
Docker Compose

Define applications built using multiple containers.