Prerequisites

You should ensure that you have at least 5 GB of free disk space to install and build the required Docker images.

You will need git, which may already be installed, e.g. if you have installed the developer tools on macOS by typing xcode-select --install into a Terminal window (see below). If you don’t already have git installed, you can download it from https://git-scm.com/

macOS

On macOS, you can use the Terminal application, which can be found in macOS’s Spotlight Search Tool:

And you will need Docker, described further in the Getting Docker section.

Windows

On Windows, Docker advises that you can use either Command Prompt or Power Shell, but not Power Shell ISE: https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/

If running Windows 10, you could use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL):

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

Linux

If you don’t already have git installed, you can following the instructions at https://git-scm.com/download/linux

Instructions for installing Docker will be provided in the Getting Docker section.