Docker Engine 29 on Ubuntu 24.04

## Docker Engine 29 on Ubuntu 24.04 by cloudimg

Docker Engine is the industry-standard container runtime. The cloudimg image installs Docker CE 29.x from Docker Inc.'s official noble repository alongside containerd 2.2, BuildKit 0.33 (buildx), and Compose v5. The azureuser account is added to the docker group at first boot via a oneshot systemd unit, so the operator can `docker ps` immediately after SSH without sudo.

Why Choose cloudimg?

* 24/7 Expert Support with guaranteed 24 hour response. support@cloudimg.co.uk

* Production Ready from Launch Pre-configured, security-patched, validated

* Azure Native Integration Azure Linux Agent, cloud-init, Gen2 Hyper-V, TrustedLaunch

* Zero-config docker access azureuser is added to the docker group automatically at first boot

What is Included

* docker-ce 29.4 + docker-ce-cli 29.4 from download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu noble/stable

* containerd.io 2.2.x as the default container runtime

* docker-buildx-plugin 0.33 — BuildKit-powered multi-platform builds

* docker-compose-plugin v5 — Compose-spec stack orchestration

* docker-firstboot.service adds azureuser to docker group on first boot

* overlayfs storage driver, json-file logging, systemd cgroup driver

* docker.service running, docker.socket on /var/run/docker.sock

* Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base with latest security patches

* 24/7 cloudimg support with guaranteed 24 hour response SLA

Recommended Virtual Machine Sizes

* Standard_B2s (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM) — dev/test, light container workloads

* Standard_D4s_v5 (4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM) — typical production container host

* Standard_D8s_v5 (8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM) — multi-container or image-build farms