A couple of commands for installing docker base on a VPS.
Docker
The following command will install the latest stable docker on your server.
apt update
apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
add-apt-repository \
"deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
$(lsb_release -cs) \
stable"
apt update
apt install -y docker-ce
docker-compose
Find current stable version: https://github.com/docker/compose/releases and replace VERSION word in the following command.
VERSION=v2.11.2
curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/$VERSION/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose