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# Using Chef
> **Note**:
> Please note this is a community contributed installation path.
## Requirements
To use this guide you'll need a working installation of
[Chef](https://www.chef.io/). This cookbook supports a variety of
operating systems.
## Installation
The cookbook is available on the [Chef Supermarket](https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/docker) and can be
installed using your favorite cookbook dependency manager.
The source can be found on
[GitHub](https://github.com/someara/chef-docker).
Usage
-----
- Add ```depends 'docker', '~> 2.0'``` to your cookbook's metadata.rb
- Use resources shipped in cookbook in a recipe, the same way you'd
use core Chef resources (file, template, directory, package, etc).
```ruby
docker_service 'default' do
action [:create, :start]
end
docker_image 'busybox' do
action :pull
end
docker_container 'an echo server' do
repo 'busybox'
port '1234:1234'
command "nc -ll -p 1234 -e /bin/cat"
end
```
## Getting Started
Here's a quick example of pulling the latest image and running a
container with exposed ports.
```ruby
# Pull latest image
docker_image 'nginx' do
tag 'latest'
action :pull
end
# Run container exposing ports
docker_container 'my_nginx' do
repo 'nginx'
tag 'latest'
port '80:80'
binds [ '/some/local/files/:/etc/nginx/conf.d' ]
host_name 'www'
domain_name 'computers.biz'
env 'FOO=bar'
subscribes :redeploy, 'docker_image[nginx]'
end
```