How To Install and Use Docker on Debian 10

To follow this tutorial, you will need the following:

One Debian 10 server set up by following the Debian 10 initial server setup guide, including a sudo non-root user and a firewall.

An account on Docker Hub if you wish to create your own images and push them to Docker Hub, as shown in Steps 7 and 8.

Step 1 — Installing Docker

The Docker installation package available in the official Debian repository may not be the latest version. To ensure we get the latest version, we’ll install Docker from the official Docker repository. To do that, we’ll add a new package source, add the GPG key from Docker to ensure the downloads are valid, and then install the package.

First, update your existing list of packages: