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page_title: Installation on CentOS
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page_description: Instructions for installing Docker on CentOS
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page_keywords: Docker, Docker documentation, requirements, linux, centos, epel, docker.io, docker-io
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# CentOS
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The Docker package is available via the EPEL repository. These
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instructions work for CentOS 6 and later. They will likely work for
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other binary compatible EL6 distributions such as Scientific Linux, but
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they haven't been tested.
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Please note that this package is part of [Extra Packages for Enterprise
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Linux (EPEL)](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL), a community effort
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to create and maintain additional packages for the RHEL distribution.
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Also note that due to the current Docker limitations, Docker is able to
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run only on the **64 bit** architecture.
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To run Docker, you will need [CentOS6](http://www.centos.org) or higher,
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with a kernel version 2.6.32-431 or higher as this has specific kernel
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fixes to allow Docker to run.
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## Installation
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Firstly, you need to ensure you have the EPEL repository enabled. Please
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follow the [EPEL installation instructions](
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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F).
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The `docker-io` package provides Docker on EPEL.
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If you already have the (unrelated) `docker` package
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installed, it will conflict with `docker-io`.
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There's a [bug report](
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043676) filed for it.
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To proceed with `docker-io` installation, please remove `docker` first.
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Next, let's install the `docker-io` package which
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will install Docker on our host.
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$ sudo yum install docker-io
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Now that it's installed, let's start the Docker daemon.
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$ sudo service docker start
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If we want Docker to start at boot, we should also:
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$ sudo chkconfig docker on
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Now let's verify that Docker is working. First we'll need to get the latest
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`centos` image.
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$ sudo docker pull centos:latest
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Next we'll make sure that we can see the image by running:
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$ sudo docker images centos
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This should generate some output similar to:
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$ sudo docker images centos
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REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE
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centos latest 0b443ba03958 2 hours ago 297.6 MB
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Run a simple bash shell to test the image:
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$ sudo docker run -i -t centos /bin/bash
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If everything is working properly, you'll get a simple bash prompt. Type
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exit to continue.
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**Done!** You can either continue with the [Docker User
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Guide](/userguide/) or explore and build on the images yourself.
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## Issues?
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If you have any issues - please report them directly in the
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[CentOS bug tracker](http://bugs.centos.org).
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