Various Products for Various Needs
In this lesson you will learn which Docker product to use depending on your requirements.
We'll cover the following
In a production environment that runs containers hosting critical applications, you would rather have your favorite admins install Docker Enterprise.
However, on your development machine or a continuous integration build machine, you can use the free Docker Engine Community or Docker Desktop depending on your machine type.
In short:
| Use | Product |
|---|---|
| Developer machine | Docker Engine Community or Docker Desktop |
| Small server, small expectations | Docker Engine Community |
| Serious stuff/Critical applications | Docker Engine Enterprise or Kubernetes |
The rest of this chapter will point you to installation steps for various platforms.
Hello World Test#
Whatever the edition you install, you can check your installation by running the following command in a command-line (your terminal on Linux, or PowerShell on Windows):
It should pull an image and display output text that begins with:
Hello from Docker!
This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly.
A terminal is provided below for you to test the above command and verify the output.
In the next lesson, you will install Docker on your local machines.
