From e23d07a110fcf615bf36defd76e7be06cd7e80df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Dowideit Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 14:18:36 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Centos project does not support custom kernels - see #9696 Signed-off-by: Sven Dowideit Docker-DCO-1.1-Signed-off-by: Sven Dowideit (github: SvenDowideit) --- docs/sources/installation/centos.md | 7 +++++++ docs/sources/installation/rhel.md | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/centos.md b/docs/sources/installation/centos.md index 707afc959a..7f158f9964 100644 --- a/docs/sources/installation/centos.md +++ b/docs/sources/installation/centos.md @@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ simply run the following command. $ sudo yum install docker +## Kernel support + +Currently the CentOS project will only support Docker via the EPEL package when +running on kernels shipped by the distribution. There are things like namespace +changes which will cause issues if one decides to step outside that box and run +non-distro kernel packages. + ### Manual installation of latest version While using a package is the recommended way of installing Docker, diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/rhel.md b/docs/sources/installation/rhel.md index 59ab049641..70e4413564 100644 --- a/docs/sources/installation/rhel.md +++ b/docs/sources/installation/rhel.md @@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ You will need [RHEL a RHEL 6 kernel version 2.6.32-431 or higher as this has specific kernel fixes to allow Docker to work. +## Kernel support + +RHEL will only support Docker via the *extras* channel or EPEL package when +running on kernels shipped by the distribution. There are things like namespace +changes which will cause issues if one decides to step outside that box and run +non-distro kernel packages. + ## Installation Firstly, you need to install the EPEL repository. Please follow the