how to access docker dashboard in ubuntu 18.04

I have installed docker in my ubuntu machine and it is running in background as service. How can I access docker dashboard now? Is there any way to access that.

Solution 1:

I would recommend using kitematic, from my POV it is the closest to the Mac or Win "Docker Desktop" tool

you can download latest release here

Note: they officially don't support ubuntu, but do provide release for it... and it works OK on my setup:

• Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
• Docker version 19.03.8, build afacb8b7f0
• docker-compose version 1.25.5, build 8a1c60f6
• kitematic v0.17.11

preconditions:

1. Install Docker
2. Manage Docker as a non-root user
3. (optional) Install Docker Compose

Steps to install:

1. download kitematic release zip-file
2. unzip deb package
3. install it

Extra Note: after installation of kitematic deb package, I had to restart ubuntu for it to initialize properly... there is probably a way to make it working without restart, but I dint have time to play with it...

Solution 2:

If you are looking for a graphical tool on linux to interact with your containers, you can use Visual Studio Code with the Docker extension:

See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/containers/overview

Solution 3:

Docker on linux does not have dashboard by default. You can access to docker using Docker CLI - docker command. And then if you want to use dashboard, you can install some dashboad that work with docker like Portainer.