Prerequisites

First published: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | Last updated: Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Familiarize yourself with the core prerequisites needed to leverage the SloopStash Docker starter-kit for your projects effectively.


Install Docker

Install Docker desktop

Setup SloopStash Docker starter-kit

Windows

Below are the steps you can use to setup SloopStash Docker starter-kit while using the Windows operating system.

  1. Open the Git Bash terminal in administrator mode.
  2. Execute the below commands in the Git Bash terminal to setup SloopStash Docker starter-kit.
# Download SloopStash Docker starter-kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-docker.git /opt/kickstart-docker

Mac

Here are the instructions for setting up SloopStash Docker starter-kit on a Mac operating system.

  1. Open the terminal.
  2. Execute the below commands in the terminal to setup SloopStash Docker starter-kit.
# Download SloopStash Docker starter-kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-docker.git /opt/kickstart-docker

# Change ownership of SloopStash Docker starter-kit directory.
$ sudo chown -R $USER /opt/kickstart-docker

Linux

You can use the following commands to setup SloopStash Docker starter-kit in any Linux-based operating system.

  1. Open the terminal.
  2. Execute the below commands in the terminal to setup SloopStash Docker starter-kit.
# Download SloopStash Docker starter-kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-docker.git /opt/kickstart-docker

# Change ownership of SloopStash Docker starter-kit directory.
$ sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/kickstart-docker