Install Docker on Red Hat

For Red Hat 7

  1. Configure Red Hat repositories

    subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rpms
    subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-optional-rpms
    subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-extras-rpms
    
  2. Download the required packages to install Docker

    sudo yum install -y yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2
    
  3. Set up the Docker repository for CentOS/RHEL

    sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
    
  4. Install the most recent version of Docker and start the service

    sudo yum install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin
    sudo systemctl start docker
    

For Red Hat 8

  1. Configure Red Hat repositories

    subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-8-server-rpms
    subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-8-server-optional-rpms
    subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-8-server-extras-rpms
    
  2. Download the required packages to install Docker

    sudo yum install -y yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2
    
  3. Set up the Docker repository for CentOS/RHEL

    sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
    
  4. Install the most recent version of Docker and start the service

    sudo yum install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin --allowerasing
    sudo systemctl start docker
    

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