--- title: Easily Install Docker on Linux and Run Your First Container description: A beginner-friendly walkthrough for installing Docker on Debian Linux and running your first container. Covers adding the official Docker GPG key and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/easily-install-docker-on-linux-and-run-your-first-container-cmaz8zyr2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Easily Install Docker on Linux and Run Your First Container | daily.dev og:description: A beginner-friendly walkthrough for installing Docker on Debian Linux and running your first container. 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Covers adding the official Docker GPG key and repository, installing docker-ce, docker-cli, containerd, and the docker-compose plugin, running the hello-world container to verify the setup, adding your user to the docker group to avoid sudo, and finally deploying Uptime Kuma using a Docker Compose file with a persistent named volume. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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