Many of the hands on exercises in the BDU require use of Docker images. This tutorial provides you with a fast path for enabling your Apple Mac to use the images provided by the BDU to complete your hands-on labs.
Docker containers run in a Docker host. Therefore the first task is to create a Docker host on your Mac. We recommend downloading and installing Docker Toolbox. Once installed you can use either:
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- Kitematic, a GUI tool for creating and managing Docker host (Linux virtual machine) and containers within it, or
- Docker QuickStart Terminal, a command line tool for creating Docker host
We recommend Kitematic for its simplicity and elegance.
NOTE: Please make sure your Mac is running OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” or newer.
1. Using Kitematic (GUI application)
Kitematic is a Mac OS X application that lets you set up Docker host and run containers using a graphical user interface (GUI). It is the easiest way to get started with Docker.
- Launch Kitematic app. Once it starts you will see contents of the Docker Hub
- type “bigdatauniversity” in the search bar to locate images provided by the BDU. Please skip “log in” if you don’t have an account on Docker Hub Registry.
- Choose the image specified in your course materials. Click “Create” button to download Docker image and start a Docker container. It may take a while to pull this image over the internet and start it. Please take care to choose the right image as some images have similar names.
- Please click “Logs” button to see the progress.
- Click “Terminal” button in the menu to enter Docker container
Follow instructions in the course to use the Docker container you just started.
2. Using Docker Quickstart Terminal
Docker provides a very comprehensive set of documentation for using Docker Toolbox, which contains Docker Quickstart Terminal. We provided abridged instructions below for your convenience. If you are encountering issues, please see Docker documentation for authoritative information.
Note: your Mac must be running OS X 10.8 “Mountain Lion” or newer to run Docker.
Install Docker Toolbox
1.Download Docker Toolbox for Mac.
2. Install Docker Toolbox by double-clicking the package or by right-clicking and choosing “Open” from the pop-up menu.
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3.Press Continue to install the toolbox.
By default, the standard Docker Toolbox installation:
- installs binaries for the Docker tools in
/usr/local/bin - makes these binaries available to all users
- updates any existing Virtual Box installation
4. Press Install to perform the standard installation. When it completes, the installer provides you with some shortcuts. You can ignore this for now and clickContinue.
5. Then click Close to finish the installer.
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Verify Docker installation
1. Open the Launchpad and locate the Docker Quickstart Terminal icon.
2. Click the icon to launch a Docker Quickstart Terminal window. The terminal does a number of things to set up Docker Quickstart Terminal for you.
3. Click your mouse in the terminal window to make it active, and then type the docker -v command and press RETURN
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if it properly shows version information of Docker, your Mac is now ready to run Docker containers.