How to Install Docker on Your Raspberry Pi
What is docker?
Docker is a tool that allows you to deploy applications inside of software containers. With Docker, images are used to configure the operating system and install an application's dependencies. Then from the image, containers are created to run the application.
Docker on the Raspberry Pi
Docker can be useful on the Raspberry Pi because it allows users to run applications with very little overhead. As long as the application is packaged inside of a Docker image, you can simply install Docker and run the container.
This guide will walk you through the process of installing docker
and docker-compose
on any version of Raspberry Pi OS.