Ubuntu 24.04'e Docker kurulumu: eksiksiz rehber

Prerequisites

A freshly deployed Ubuntu 24.04 VPS and root SSH access (or sudo). Make sure the system is up to date:

apt update && apt upgrade -y

Step 1 — Install dependencies

apt install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg
install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings

Step 2 — Add the official Docker repository

Never use Ubuntu's docker.io package, often outdated. The official repository guarantees the latest stable versions:

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg \
  | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] \
  https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(. /etc/os-release && echo $VERSION_CODENAME) stable" \
  > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
apt update

Step 3 — Install Docker Engine and Compose

apt install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
docker --version
docker compose version

Step 4 — Configure the daemon for production

Create /etc/docker/daemon.json:

{
  "log-driver": "json-file",
  "log-opts": { "max-size": "10m", "max-file": "3" },
  "live-restore": true,
  "storage-driver": "overlay2"
}

Capped logs prevent filling the disk; live-restore keeps your containers running during daemon updates. Restart: systemctl restart docker.

Step 5 — Verify with a test container

docker run --rm hello-world
docker run -d --name web -p 80:80 nginx:alpine
curl -I localhost

Basic security

Never expose the Docker socket over TCP without TLS. If you use UFW, remember Docker inserts its own iptables rules — ports published with -p bypass UFW by default. To lock down, expose on localhost (-p 127.0.0.1:8080:80) and go through a reverse proxy.

Going further

Install Watchtower for automatic image updates, or read our article "Docker in production on a VPS" for memory limits and monitoring.