docs/toolbox/overview.md

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Docker Toolbox Overview

Docker Toolbox is an installer for quick setup and launch of a Docker environment on older Mac and Windows systems that do not meet the requirements of the new Docker for Mac and Docker for Windows apps.

What's in the box

Toolbox includes these Docker tools:

• Docker Machine for running docker-machine commands

• Docker Engine for running the docker commands

• Docker Compose for running the docker-compose commands

• Kitematic, the Docker GUI

• a shell preconfigured for a Docker command-line environment

• Oracle VirtualBox

Ready to get started?

Go to the Docker Toolbox product page and download Toolbox for Mac or Windows.

Choose the install instructions for your platform, and follow the steps:

• Install Docker Toolbox on Mac OS X

• Install Docker Toolbox for Windows

Next Steps

• Try out the examples in the Getting Started tutorial.

• Dig in deeper with more tutorials and examples on building images, running containers, networking, managing data, and storing images on Docker Hub.

• Learn about Kitematic

• Learn about Docker Machine

• Learn about Docker Compose