Install Docker Tools

As we mentioned in Chapter 2, install Docker tools from http://docs.docker.com/windows/started/ (links for Linux and Mac OS X are also available on this page). Depending on what operating system you are using, different tools will be installed. However, they will be some form of the following:

Docker Engine: This includes the Docker client and Docker daemon. The Docker client sends commands to the daemon and the daemon executes the commands.

Docker Kitematic: An optional GUI app that, like the Docker client, is used to create and manage images and containers.

Docker Machine: A command line interface designed to simplify creating Docker hosts.

Docker Compose: A YAML-based tool to create or compose a group of Docker ...

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