Prerequisites

Linux

Docker install

sudo apt-get update
curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh
sudo docker run hello-world

Compose install

install compose
sudo su -
# double check that this url is the latest release!
curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.4.1/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

(optional) UFW configuration

# for docker see https://docs.docker.com/installation/ubuntulinux/#enable-ufw-forwarding
DEFAULT_FORWARD_POLICY="ACCEPT"

(optional) Switch to overlay

This isn't necessary, but if you want, here's how to do it.

systemctl stop docker
rm -rf /var/lib/docker

mkdir /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d
cd /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d
vi storage.conf  

# add the startup option which rewrites the ExecStart with options similar to /lib/systemd/system/docker.service 
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker daemon -H fd:// --storage-driver=overlay

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

OSX

virtualbox install

brew tap caskroom/cask
brew install brew-cask
brew cask install virtualbox

dinghy intstall

brew install --HEAD https://github.com/codekitchen/dinghy/raw/latest/dinghy.rb
# add env variables to .bash_profile as indicated from installation
brew cask install docker-compose