How to Install Docker Desktop on macOS
A simple guide on how to install and verify Docker Desktop on Mac
Docker is a useful piece of software. Usually, Developers use it for the development and deployment of their apps.
But we as a user also can benefit from Docker, especially if we want to install and use web-based apps.
Enough intro, let’s get started.
A video tutorial of this article is also available on YouTube
I recommend installing the Homebrew package manager first on your macOS. If you don’t know how I already wrote it here.
Once you have Homebrew on your Mac, you can install Docker Desktop from the Terminal.
Once finished, the Docker Desktop will be installed in /Applications/Docker.app
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Open the app and finish the setup.
Now let’s verify if the Docker running properly.
I usually like to test it by running a basic HTTP server with nginx
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Once finished, open a web browser and visit http://localhost:8088
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If you see a Welcome to nginx! message then everything is working as expected.
That’s all I can write today. Thanks for reading and see you again!
References
- Docker: Accelerated Container Application Development