Prerequisite: installation of Docker

We recommend the use of Docker 17.03 and Compose 1.11.2.

We advise you to follow the  official documentation for the installation of Docker as well as the recommended procedure for Compose. You may also use that script of designed for Ubuntu 16.04:

#!/bin/bash

echo "Install Docker 17.03 on Ubuntu Xenial"
sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker-ce docker.io
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository \
   "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
   $(lsb_release -cs) \
   stable"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce=17.03.2~ce-0~ubuntu-xenial
sudo groupadd docker
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

sudo docker run hello-world

echo "Install Compose 1.11.2"
curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.11.2/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > docker-compose
sudo mv docker-compose /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

echo "Display Docker version"
sudo docker -v
echo "Display Compose version"
docker-compose -v
echo "*******************************************************************"
echo "***** If everything is alright, please logout and login again *****"
echo "*******************************************************************"

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