Can You Run Docker on Linux?
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The Docker platform runs natively on Linux (on x86-64, ARM and many other CPU architectures) and on Windows (x86-64). … builds products that let you build and run containers on Linux, Windows and macOS.

Can Docker be installed on Linux?

No matter your distribution of choice, you’ll need a 64-bit installation and a kernel at 3.10 or newer. Check your current Linux version with uname -r . … You should see something like 3.10.

How do I run a Docker command in Linux?

Run a background MySQL container

  1. Run a new MySQL container with the following command. …
  2. List the running containers. …
  3. You can check what’s happening in your containers by using a couple of built-in Docker commands: docker container logs and docker container top . …
  4. List the MySQL version using docker container exec .
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