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# Docker

### What is Docker? 

Docker packages an application together with everything it needs to run (code, tools, settings, libraries) into a neat little box called a **container**.

* **Container** → A self-contained app package
* **Image** → The blueprint used to create containers
* **Docker Desktop** → The app you install to use Docker easily

***

### Install Docker on Mac

1. Go to the Docker website
2. Download **Docker Desktop for Mac**
3. Open the downloaded file
4. Drag Docker into your Applications folder
5. Open Docker from Applications
6. Wait for it to start (you’ll see a whale icon in the menu bar)

***

### Install Docker on Windows

1. Go to the Docker website
2. Download **Docker Desktop for Windows**
3. Run the installer
4. Follow the prompts (you can keep default settings)
5. Restart your computer if asked
6. Open Docker Desktop

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### Check That It Works

After installing, test Docker:

```bash
docker --version
```

If you see a version number, you’re good to go 

### Push a Docker Image

Build

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```
docker build -t my-app .
```

{% endcode %}

Tag

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```
docker tag my-app your_dockerhub_username/my-app:latest
```

{% endcode %}

Push

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```
docker push your_dockerhub_username/my-app:latest
```

{% endcode %}

### Pull a Docker Image

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```
docker pull your_dockerhub_username/my-app:latest
```

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