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page_title: Overview of Experimental Features page_keywords: experimental, Docker, feature
Experimental Features in this Release
This page contains a list of features in the Docker engine which are experimental as of the current release. Experimental features are not ready for production. They are provided for test and evaluation in your sandbox environments.
The information below describes each feature and the Github pull requests and issues associated with it. If necessary, links are provided to additional documentation on an issue. As an active Docker user and community member, please feel free to provide any feedback on these features you wish.
Install Docker experimental
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Verify that you have
wget
installed.$ which wget
If
wget
isn't installed, install it after updating your manager:$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install wget
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Get the latest Docker package.
$ wget -qO- https://experimental.docker.com/ | sh
The system prompts you for your
sudo
password. Then, it downloads and installs Docker and its dependencies.Note: If your company is behind a filtering proxy, you may find that the
apt-key
command fails for the Docker repo during installation. To work around this, add the key directly using the following:$ wget -qO- https://experimental.docker.com/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
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Verify
docker
is installed correctly.$ sudo docker run hello-world
This command downloads a test image and runs it in a container.