# Docker Documentation


Docker Documentation helps you learn Docker, install Docker products, and find
reference material for everyday development and operations tasks.

## Browse docs by area

- [Get started](/get-started/): Run an application, sandbox an AI agent, or
  roll out Docker.
- [Guides](/guides/): Follow task-focused walkthroughs for common workflows.
- [Manuals](/): Install, configure, and use Docker products.
- [Reference](/reference/): Browse CLI, API, and file format documentation.



## What's new


- [Docker Sandboxes: Share agent skills read-only by default](/ai/sandboxes/workflows/agent-skills/#shared-store-behavior): Sandboxes created with version 0.43.0 mount shared agent skills read-only by default. Choose read-only, read-write, or no access when creating a sandbox. (Sep 15, 2026)

- [Docker Sandboxes: Run agents without mounting host files](/ai/sandboxes/usage/#choose-a-workspace): Create a sandbox without a host workspace mount. Keep agent files inside the sandbox across stops and restarts, and copy files between the sandbox and host when needed. (Sep 7, 2026)

- [Docker Sandboxes: Install and update shared skills from Git repositories](/ai/sandboxes/workflows/agent-skills/): Install agent skills from Git repositories into a persistent store shared across sandboxes, and update or remove them with sbx skills. (Sep 7, 2026)

- [Docker Build Cloud: Use Docker Build Cloud with standard Buildx](/build/builders/drivers/cloud/): Buildx 0.37.0 includes the cloud driver, so you can connect to Docker Build Cloud from the standard Buildx CLI plugin without installing a separate client. (Sep 3, 2026)

- [Docker Verified Publisher: Join Docker Verified Publisher through self-service plans](/subscription-billing/plans/docker-verified-publisher/): Apply for DVP Starter or Growth, complete checkout after approval, and manage publisher analytics, consuming domains, and billing. (Aug 20, 2026)

- [Docker Sandboxes: Sign and enforce trusted sandbox kits](/ai/sandboxes/customize/kits/#sign-and-verify-kits): Sign kits with cosign-compatible Sigstore signatures, verify keyless or key-based signatures, and reject kits outside a trusted-signer policy. (Aug 20, 2026)

- [Docker Sandboxes: Define reproducible sandbox environments](/ai/sandboxes/configuration/environment-files/): Capture an agent, workspaces, kits, credentials, ports, and resources in a shareable sbxenv.yaml file and manage it with sbx env. (Aug 19, 2026)

- [Docker Sandboxes: Resolve sandbox secrets from external sources](/ai/sandboxes/configuration/credentials/#use-a-dynamic-secret-source): Keep references to 1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, or host commands in the secret store and resolve credentials on the host when the proxy needs them. (Aug 19, 2026)

- [Docker Sandboxes: Run GPU workloads in sandboxes](/ai/sandboxes/configuration/gpu-passthrough/): Pass an NVIDIA GPU through to a sandbox on supported Linux hosts for GPU-accelerated agent workloads. (Aug 19, 2026)

- [Docker Hardened Images: Query DHI VEX data with the GraphQL API](/dhi/tools/api/): Build automation or dashboards that query image packages, CVEs, VEX statements, and suppressed vulnerabilities by digest. (Aug 17, 2026)



## Common questions

- [How do I get started with Docker?](/get-started/)
- [How do I containerize an application?](/get-started/tutorials/run-an-app/)
- [Can I run my AI agent in a sandbox?](/get-started/tutorials/run-an-agent/)
- [What are Docker Hardened Images?](/dhi/)
- [Why should I use Docker Compose?](/compose/)