In this tutorial, you’ll learn that how to Install Docker Swarm on Ubuntu 20.04. Docker Swarm is most popular tool that can be used to create a cluster of docker hosts. You can distribute applications among the hosts with the help of docker cluster created by swarm. Docker Swarm provides high end performance and availablity containing a manager & worker nodes.Actions are performed by the manager nodes. Let’s see how to install it on Ubuntu 20.04.
Update Your System
Hit the given command in your terminal to update your system.
sudo apt -y update
Step 1: Prepare Your Nodes
To prepare nodes, you’ve to configure hosts files on each host. In this guide I’m going to use one Manager node and 2 worker nodes.
sudo nano /etc/hosts
And add the Ip’s of your hosts.
192.168.1.10 manager
192.168.1.11 worker-1
192.168.1.12 worker-2
Save & close the file.
Verify that you can ping all the hosts using hostname instead of IP’s.
Step 2: Install Docker CE on Ubuntu 20.04
Install the Docker CE on the hosts. Hit the following command to install the required dependencies for Docker CE on Ubuntu 20.04.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
Then add the Docker CE repository and GPG key on your hosts.
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 focal stable"
Once done, update the packages.
sudo apt update
Double check that you’re going to install Docker CE from the official repository of Docker.
root@ubuntu20:~$ sudo apt-cache policy docker-ce docker-ce: Installed: (none) Candidate: 5:19.03.13~3-0~ubuntu-focal Version table: 5:19.03.13~3-0~ubuntu-focal 500 500 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal/stable amd64 Packages 5:19.03.12~3-0~ubuntu-focal 500 500 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal/stable amd64 Packages 5:19.03.11~3-0~ubuntu-focal 500 500 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal/stable amd64 Packages 5:19.03.10~3-0~ubuntu-focal 500 500 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal/stable amd64 Packages 5:19.03.9~3-0~ubuntu-focal 500 500 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal/stable amd64 Packages
Verify the status of Docker CE.
root@ubuntu20:~$ sudo systemctl status docker ● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Sat 2020-10-17 16:28:08 EAT; 57s ago TriggeredBy: ● docker.socket Docs: https://docs.docker.com Main PID: 2807 (dockerd) Tasks: 8 Memory: 37.5M CGroup: /system.slice/docker.service └─2807 /usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock
And add your user to docker group.
sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}
Step 3: Create Docker Swarm Cluster on Ubuntu 20.04
First start the Docker Swarm on the manager node and then start add the worker nodes to the cluster. To start docker swarm on manager node, type the given command in your terminal.
Swarm initialized: current node (fsuaqqpihi2eabmmq8gldzhpv) is now a manager. To add a worker to this swarm, run the following command: sudo docker swarm join --token SWMTKN-1-018kvdektwa74z8fajb5c1u6jyz6qfk4ood8u4qotw7go9jj0p-cfpnh7omy86xcgoh45vau2kaj 192.168.1.10:2377 To add a manager to this swarm, run 'docker swarm join-token manager' and follow the instructions.
From the above result, copy the token “Join –token” command to add the worker nodes to the manager node. Here’s how you can add.
sudo docker swarm join --token SWMTKN-1-13xo81gxpb3ttjh5e335pfrmz9fbnliikgfys7u8l4r8k4m575-2gsjwjs3y1i4kgeua2yu840hw 192.168.1.10:2377 This node joined a swarm as a worker.
Verify that worker nodes are added to the manager node.
sudo docker node ls ID HOSTNAME STATUS AVAILABILITY MANAGER STATUS ENGINE VERSION etx5xc5guzftmsqx4naqwvump worker-02 Ready Active 19.03.13 xop4jvrkywz4ldsgwqmfacssc * manager Ready Active Leader 19.03.13 bghrkp7ll1b9lb0ikv8x51gzy worker-01 Ready Active 19.03.13
Step 4: Deploy Application in the Cluster
Now, create the service Nginx web server to run on the port 80 & expose it to the port 8080 on the host. To do this type
root@ubuntu20:~$ sudo docker service create --name web-server --publish 8080:80 nginx:1.13-alpine pq5txw0p9c1qcjrrl2lw3mh5p overall progress: 1 out of 1 tasks 1/1: running [==================================================>] verify: Service converged
Verify the status of created service using.
sudo docker service ls ID NAME MODE REPLICAS IMAGE PORTS pq5txw0p9c1q web-server replicated 1/1 nginx:1.13-alpine *:8080->80/tcp
Step 5: Replicas & Scale the Service
You’ve to make replicas of the web-server service in order to access it on the manager and the worker nodes.
sudo docker service scale web-server=3 web-server scaled to 3 overall progress: 3 out of 3 tasks 1/3: running [==================================================>] 2/3: running [==================================================>] 3/3: running [==================================================>] verify: Service converged Verify the created service replicas.
sudo docker service ls ID NAME MODE REPLICAS IMAGE PORTS pq5txw0p9c1q web-server replicated 3/3 nginx:1.13-alpine *:8080->80/tcp
You can access the service from the web-browser of any host added with the help of IP address and port number like below:
192.168.1.10:8080
So, this is how you can install Docker Swarm on Ubuntu 20.04.
