diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/rhel.md b/docs/sources/installation/rhel.md index c144573687..a8b785acca 100644 --- a/docs/sources/installation/rhel.md +++ b/docs/sources/installation/rhel.md @@ -2,15 +2,35 @@ page_title: Installation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux page_description: Installation instructions for Docker on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. page_keywords: Docker, Docker documentation, requirements, linux, rhel, centos -# Red Hat Enterprise Linux +# Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 -Docker is available for **RHEL** on EPEL. These instructions should work -for both RHEL and CentOS. They will likely work for other binary -compatible EL6 distributions as well, but they haven't been tested. +**Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7** has [shipped with +Docker](https://access.redhat.com/site/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/docker-and-containers). +An overview and some guidance can be found in the [Release +Notes](https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.0_Release_Notes/chap-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7.0_Release_Notes-Linux_Containers_with_Docker_Format.html). -Please note that this package is part of [Extra Packages for Enterprise -Linux (EPEL)](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL), a community effort -to create and maintain additional packages for the RHEL distribution. +Docker is located in the *extras* channel. To install Docker: + +1. Enable the *extras* channel: + + $ sudo subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-extras-rpms + +2. Install Docker: + + $ sudo yum install docker + +Additional installation, configuration, and usage information, +including a [Get Started with Docker Containers in Red Hat +Enterprise Linux 7](https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/881893) +guide, can be found by Red Hat customers on the [Red Hat Customer +Portal](https://access.redhat.com/). + +# Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 + +Docker is available for **RHEL** on EPEL. Please note that +this package is part of [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux +(EPEL)](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL), a community effort to +create and maintain additional packages for the RHEL distribution. Also note that due to the current Docker limitations, Docker is able to run only on the **64 bit** architecture.