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+# Installing Kata Containers on Ubuntu
+
+Note:
+Kata Containers is available for Ubuntu\* **16.04** and **17.10**.
+Currently Kata Containers is currently only build for x86_64.
+
+
+This step is only required in case Docker is not installed on the system.
+1. Install the latest version of Docker with the following commands:
+
+```
+$ sudo -E apt-get -y install apt-transport-https ca-certificates wget software-properties-common
+$ curl -sL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
+$ arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)
+$ sudo -E add-apt-repository "deb [arch=${arch}] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
+$ sudo -E apt-get update
+$ sudo -E apt-get -y install docker-ce
+```
+
+For more information on installing Docker please refer to the
+[Docker Guide](https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/ubuntu)
+
+2. Install the Kata Containers components with the following commands:
+
+```
+$ sudo sh -c "echo 'deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/katacontainers:/release/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kata-containers.list"
+$ curl -sL  https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/katacontainers:/release/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -
+$ sudo -E apt-get update
+$ sudo -E apt-get -y install kata-runtime kata-proxy kata-shim
+```
+
+3. Configure Docker to use Kata Containers by default with the following commands:
+
+```
+$ sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/
+$ cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/kata-containers.conf
+[Service]
+ExecStart=
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -D --add-runtime kata-runtime=/usr/bin/kata-runtime --default-runtime=kata-runtime
+EOF
+```
+
+4. Restart the Docker systemd service with the following commands:
+
+```
+$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+$ sudo systemctl restart docker
+```
+
+5. Run Kata Containers
+
+You are now ready to run Kata Containers:
+
+```
+$ sudo docker run -ti busybox sh
+```