Getting Started with Docker

The following sections summarize installation and setup of Docker on your machine.

Windows

Enable virtualization in your BIOS
Install Docker for Windows

Mac OSX

Enable virtualization in your BIOS
Install Docker for Mac

Linux

Install Docker Engine on Docker host machine
Install docker-compose on docker host and/or local machine
Create a .env file in the same directory as docker-compose.yml.

Step 1 - Build and deploy the application

Run docker-compose up --build -d

This starts the configured containers.

Helpful hints

Obtaining DOCKER_HOST_IP

Windows: Run ifconfig
OSX: Look for "inet addr:" under the "en0" network interface
Linux: Look for "inet addr:" under the "eth0" network interface

Resolve Git SSL issues by disabling SSL verification

export GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=1

Docker commands

Bring UP (deploy and start) all containers
- docker-compose up -d
Bring DOWN all containers
- docker-compose down
Lists the running containers under docker-compose
- docker-compose ps
Start a container
- docker-compose start <container>
Restart a container
- docker-compose restart <container>
Stop a container
- docker-compose stop <container>
Stop all containers
- docker-compose stop

Troubleshooting

Docker builds fail with a wget: bad address error
- Docker fix for SSL issues due to corporate network