Install Docker on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Owned by Alex Nyberg
Last updated: Sept 21, 2016
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Intro

The below instructions is a quick summary of the official documentation from Docker. Please find their documentation here: https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/rhel/

These steps have been tested on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 Maipo.

Prerequisites

  • Server set up according to our recommended specifications: Recommended Specs  
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux installed and configured with a reasonably fast internet connection.
  • The date and time correctly set on your server.

Instructions

  1. Logon to your Red Hat server.
  2. Run below commands:


sudo yum update

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

sudo yum install docker-engine

sudo service docker start


     3. You server is now ready to run the RuBAN installer: Fresh Install and Upgrade of Davra (scroll down to RuBAN Download).