Getting ready

If you are on Linux, the first thing you have to do is install Docker. The safest solution is to get the latest version from https://www.docker.com/. While your Linux distribution may have a Docker package, it may be too old and buggy (remember the "advancing at breakneck speed" thing we mentioned?).

If you are on Windows or macOS, do not despair; take a look at the Docker site. Various options are available there to save you, but there is no clear-cut formula, as Docker advances quite quickly on those platforms. A fairly recent computer is necessary to run our 64-bit virtual machine. If you have any problems, reboot your machine and make sure that on the BIOS, VT-X or AMD-V is enabled. At the very least, you will need 6 GB of memory, preferably more.