In this file, copy the following content: With your favorite text editor, create the 'docker.repo' file in the '/etc/' map. Since Docker - in terms of technology that is - is relativly new, we suggest to always work with the up to date repository. This allows us to install the latest stable version of the Docker engine. Step 2: adding the Docker repositoryĪs soon as the update is finished, we will add the Docker repository. As soon as it is ready it will ask to apply the updates: Is this ok :Ĭhoose 'y' to continue.

The package manager will refresh the package list and see where an upgrade is available. To ensure we have all recent packages - Docker likes to be on an up to date system - we start with a full system upgrade: $ sudo yum update

Kinamo cloud hosting customers using a cloud server and wish to deploy Docker, preferably use 'sudo'. If you are logged on as root, ommit the 'sudo' at the commands below. We assume you are using a user that can obtain administrative privileges by using 'sudo'. On this machine we will install Docker engine, allowing you to run a docker image (contaner) within docker engine. The cloud server we will use for this article is an empty, base CentOS 7 cloud server, as you can order at Kinamo. This article explains you how to get started with Docker engine on CentOS 7.

Centos 7 install docker