# Red Hat Enterprise Linux Docker is supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. These instructions install Docker using release packages and installation mechanisms managed by Docker, to be sure that you get the latest version of Docker. If you wish to install using Red Hat-managed packages, consult your Red Hat release documentation. ## Prerequisites Docker requires a 64-bit OS and version 3.10 or higher of the Linux kernel. To check your current kernel version, open a terminal and use `uname -r` to display your kernel version: ```bash $ uname -r 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 ``` Finally, it is recommended that you fully update your system. Keep in mind that your system should be fully patched to fix any potential kernel bugs. Any reported kernel bugs may have already been fixed on the latest kernel packages. ## Install Docker Engine There are two ways to install Docker Engine. You can [install using the `yum` package manager](#install-with-yum). Or you can use `curl` with the [`get.docker.com` site](#install-with-the-script). This second method runs an installation script which also installs via the `yum` package manager. ### Install with yum 1. Log into your machine as a user with `sudo` or `root` privileges. 2. Make sure your existing packages are up-to-date. ```bash $ sudo yum update ``` 3. Add the `yum` repo. ```bash $ sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/docker.repo <<-'EOF' [dockerrepo] name=Docker Repository baseurl=https://yum.dockerproject.org/repo/main/centos/7/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://yum.dockerproject.org/gpg EOF ``` 4. Install the Docker package. ```bash $ sudo yum install docker-engine ``` 5. Enable the service. ```bash $ sudo systemctl enable docker.service ``` 6. Start the Docker daemon. ```bash $ sudo systemctl start docker ``` 7. Verify `docker` is installed correctly by running a test image in a container. $ sudo docker run --rm hello-world Unable to find image 'hello-world:latest' locally latest: Pulling from library/hello-world c04b14da8d14: Pull complete Digest: sha256:0256e8a36e2070f7bf2d0b0763dbabdd67798512411de4cdcf9431a1feb60fd9 Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest Hello from Docker! This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly. To generate this message, Docker took the following steps: 1. The Docker client contacted the Docker daemon. 2. The Docker daemon pulled the "hello-world" image from the Docker Hub. 3. The Docker daemon created a new container from that image which runs the executable that produces the output you are currently reading. 4. The Docker daemon streamed that output to the Docker client, which sent it to your terminal. To try something more ambitious, you can run an Ubuntu container with: $ docker run -it ubuntu bash Share images, automate workflows, and more with a free Docker Hub account: https://hub.docker.com For more examples and ideas, visit: https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/ If you need to add an HTTP Proxy, set a different directory or partition for the Docker runtime files, or make other customizations, read our Systemd article to learn how to [customize your Systemd Docker daemon options](../../admin/systemd.md). ### Install with the script 1. Log into your machine as a user with `sudo` or `root` privileges. 2. Make sure your existing packages are up-to-date. ```bash $ sudo yum update ``` 3. Run the Docker installation script. ```bash $ curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh ``` This script adds the `docker.repo` repository and installs Docker. 4. Enable the service. ```bash $ sudo systemctl enable docker.service ``` 5. Start the Docker daemon. ```bash $ sudo systemctl start docker ``` 6. Verify `docker` is installed correctly by running a test image in a container. ```bash $ sudo docker run hello-world ``` If you need to add an HTTP Proxy, set a different directory or partition for the Docker runtime files, or make other customizations, read our Systemd article to learn how to [customize your Systemd Docker daemon options](../../admin/systemd.md). ## Create a docker group The `docker` daemon binds to a Unix socket instead of a TCP port. By default that Unix socket is owned by the user `root` and other users can access it with `sudo`. For this reason, `docker` daemon always runs as the `root` user. To avoid having to use `sudo` when you use the `docker` command, create a Unix group called `docker` and add users to it. When the `docker` daemon starts, it makes the ownership of the Unix socket read/writable by the `docker` group. >**Warning**: The `docker` group is equivalent to the `root` user; For details >on how this impacts security in your system, see [*Docker Daemon Attack >Surface*](../../security/security.md#docker-daemon-attack-surface) for details. To create the `docker` group and add your user: 1. Log into your machine as a user with `sudo` or `root` privileges. 2. Create the `docker` group. ```bash $ sudo groupadd docker ``` 3. Add your user to `docker` group. ```bash $ sudo usermod -aG docker your_username` ``` 4. Log out and log back in. This ensures your user is running with the correct permissions. 5. Verify that your user is in the docker group by running `docker` without `sudo`. ```bash $ docker run hello-world ``` ## Start the docker daemon at boot Configure the Docker daemon to start automatically when the host starts: ```bash $ sudo systemctl enable docker ``` ## Uninstall You can uninstall the Docker software with `yum`. 1. List the installed Docker packages. ```bash $ yum list installed | grep docker docker-engine.x86_64 1.7.1-0.1.el7@/docker-engine-1.7.1-0.1.el7.x86_64 ``` 2. Remove the package. ```bash $ sudo yum -y remove docker-engine.x86_64 ``` This command does not remove images, containers, volumes, or user-created configuration files on your host. 3. To delete all images, containers, and volumes, run the following command: ```bash $ rm -rf /var/lib/docker ``` 4. Locate and delete any user-created configuration files.