# Docker Images and Docker Containers # Introduction Peace to you all , Here is the Link to my previous [blog](https://shajith.hashnode.dev/dockers-and-containers), Where I have posted about Docker , Containers and DevOps. It is the day 3 of documenting my DevOps [Journey](https://github.com/shajith-it-is/devops-journey) Here In this blog, there is a practical hands-on approach to running docker container in your machine. # Getting Started Docker desktop can be installed from this Link . [Get Started with Docker | Docker](https://www.docker.com/get-started) It will download everything it needs to run on its own . Once downloaded it will demand to restart , after restarting try running docker . If WSL 2 installation is incomplete error pops up , download your respective [Linux kernel update package](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/wsl/install-manual#step-4---download-the-linux-kernel-update-package) if you are using windows. # Docker Desktop Once the download is completed and all set , Run ``` docker --version ``` in the command prompt , to check whether docker works fine. Once you receive the version , we are good to go. The command line interface has everything that can be done and docker desktop can be used to visualize it in a GUI. # A simple webApp Getting Hands-on , let’s start by building a small html file . [Visual studio code ](https://code.visualstudio.com/download) is the text editor I predominantly use and it has tons of features and that requires a separate blog . It is not necessary you have to have a Visual studio code now , Open Notepad and create a simple HTML page or just copy-paste the below content. ```

This is a sample Web App

``` Save it as an HTML file. Try opening it and it should display like this in the browser , ![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1642909992583/rL20N6nFA.png) # Nginx What is an Nginx? It is a web server , I use Nginx to demonstrate hosting a web application in the web server. ![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1642910083915/Vxd1P3bIq.png) The official image chip and verified publisher chip makes the image trustworthy and it is on our own risk to use any other docker images . Open Nginx and explore the page . The command to pull the image will be found on the page itself , Here it is ``` docker pull nginx ``` Running it in the command prompt will pull the image from DockerHub . Once the pull is completed , ``` docker images ``` the above command should show the details of the docker image. Yes , We have successfully pulled an image from DockerHub. Now we can run this and check in the browser as well . ``` docker run -p 80:80 -d nginx ``` ![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1642909965800/SXnvaIClI.png) # See you Tomorrow Okay . So hold on, stay with me as we get to know docker more and DevOps even more. Okay Then , Will get back Tomorrow with more! Peace be upon you!