Install Docker on Arch Linux

Step 1 – Install Docker Engine

pacman -S --noconfirm docker docker-compose
systemctl enable --now docker

Step 2 – Add your user to the docker group

usermod -aG docker $USER
# Log out and back in for the change to take effect
newgrp docker

Step 3 – Verify

docker --version
docker run --rm hello-world

Step 4 – docker compose (V2 plugin)

docker compose version

Step 5 – Example: run Nginx in a container

docker run -d --name nginx \
    -p 80:80 \
    -v /var/www/html:/usr/share/nginx/html:ro \
    nginx:alpine

Step 6 – Example compose.yml

services:
  web:
    image: nginx:alpine
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - ./html:/usr/share/nginx/html:ro

  db:
    image: mysql:8
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpass
      MYSQL_DATABASE: appdb
      MYSQL_USER: appuser
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: apppass
    volumes:
      - mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql

volumes:
  mysql_data:

docker compose up -d