Install Docker Scout to Docker CLI

If you want to use Docker Scout but don't want to install Docker Desktop, here's how you do it:

(on linux)

• Go to Docker scout-cli latest release
• Copy the link (right click, copy link address) for docker-scout_VERISION_linux_amd64.tar.gz
  

On your docker server, execute the following commands:

- Create the plugins folder (if it doesn't exist)

mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins

- Download the CLI

wget <link you copied before>

 example: wget https://github.com/docker/scout-cli/releases/download/v1.16.1/docker-scout_1.16.1_linux_amd64.tar.gz

- Decompress it:

tar xvzf *.tar.gz

- Move docker-scout to the plugins folder:

mv docker-scout ~/.docker/cli-plugins/

- Make it executable:

chmod +x ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

- Remove the download file and README

rm docker-scout_1.16.1_linux_amd64.tar.gz
rm README.md

You're done. Run:

docker scout

and you'll get the options for the docker scout CLI

Note: You need a docker hub account to run the docker scout CLI