yum install Docker on CentOS6.x

yum install Docker on CentOS6.x

1. Because docker requires service CentOS6 or above, the kernel version must be 2.6.32-431 or higher 

//Check the centos version
cat /etc/issue
//View centos kernel version
uname -r

 2. Make sure your yum is up to date and update the yum program 

yum update

 3. Configure yum source 

tee /etc/yum.repos.d/docker.repo <<-'EOF'
[dockerrepo]
name=Docker Repository
baseurl=https://yum.dockerproject.org/repo/main/centos/$releasever/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://yum.dockerproject.org/gpg
EOF

 4, yum install docker 

yum install docker-engine

 5. Start the docker service 

service docker start

 6. Check whether the docker service starts successfully 

docker info

 7. Configure the docker service to start automatically with the system

chkconfig docker on

 

The docker installation is complete!