How To Install Docker on CentOS 7

https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/centos/

CentOS

Docker runs on CentOS 7.X. An installation on other binary compatible EL7distributions such as Scientific Linux might succeed, but Docker does not testor support Docker on these distributions.

This page instructs you to install using Docker-managed release packages andinstallation mechanisms. Using these packages ensures you get the latest releaseof Docker. If you wish to install using CentOS-managed packages, consult yourCentOS documentation.

Prerequisites

Docker requires a 64-bit installation regardless of your CentOS version. Also,your kernel must be 3.10 at minimum, which CentOS 7 runs.

To check your current kernel version, open a terminal and use uname -r todisplay your kernel version:

$ uname -r 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 

Finally, is it recommended that you fully update your system. Please keep inmind that your system should be fully patched to fix any potential kernel bugs.Any reported kernel bugs may have already been fixed on the latest kernelpackages.

Install

There are two ways to install Docker Engine. You can install using the yum package manager. Or you can use curl with the get.docker.com site. Thissecond method runs an installation script which also installs via the yum package manager.

Install with yum

1. Log into your machine as a user with sudo or root privileges.

2. Make sure your existing yum packages are up-to-date.

   $ sudo yum update 

3. Add the yum repo.

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

4. Install the Docker package.

   $ sudo yum install docker-engine 

5. Start the Docker daemon.

   $ sudo service docker start 

6. Verify docker is installed correctly by running a test image in a container.

   $ sudo docker run hello-worldUnable to find image 'hello-world:latest' locally    latest: Pulling from hello-world    a8219747be10: Pull complete 91c95931e552: Already exists    hello-world:latest: The image you are pulling has been verified. Important: image verification is a tech preview feature and should not be relied on to provide security. Digest: sha256:aa03e5d0d5553b4c3473e89c8619cf79df368babd1.7.1cf5daeb82aab55838d    Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest    Hello from Docker.    This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly.    To generate this message, Docker took the following steps: 1. The Docker client contacted the Docker daemon. 2. The Docker daemon pulled the "hello-world" image from the Docker Hub.            (Assuming it was not already locally available.) 3. The Docker daemon created a new container from that image which runs the executable that produces the output you are currently reading. 4. The Docker daemon streamed that output to the Docker client, which sent it to your terminal.    To try something more ambitious, you can run an Ubuntu container with:     $ docker run -it ubuntu bash    For more examples and ideas, visit: http://docs.docker.com/userguide/ 

Install with the script

1. Log into your machine as a user with sudo or root privileges.

2. Make sure your existing yum packages are up-to-date.

   $ sudo yum update 

3. Run the Docker installation script.

   $ curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh 

   This script adds the docker.repo repository and installs Docker.

4. Start the Docker daemon.

   $ sudo service docker start 

5. Verify docker is installed correctly by running a test image in a container.

   $ sudo docker run hello-world 

Create a docker group

The docker daemon binds to a Unix socket instead of a TCP port. By defaultthat Unix socket is owned by the user root and other users can access it with sudo. For this reason, docker daemon always runs as the root user.

To avoid having to use sudo when you use the docker command, create a Unixgroup called docker and add users to it. When the docker daemon starts, itmakes the ownership of the Unix socket read/writable by the docker group.

Warning: The docker group is equivalent to the root user; For detailson how this impacts security in your system, see Docker Daemon AttackSurface for details.

To create the docker group and add your user:

1. Log into Centos as a user with sudo privileges.

2. Create the docker group and add your user.

   sudo usermod -aG docker your_username

3. Log out and log back in.

   This ensures your user is running with the correct permissions.

4. Verify your work by running docker without sudo.

   $ docker run hello-world 

Start the docker daemon at boot

To ensure Docker starts when you boot your system, do the following:

 $ sudo chkconfig docker on 

If you need to add an HTTP Proxy, set a different directory or partition for theDocker runtime files, or make other customizations, read our Systemd article tolearn how to customize your Systemd Docker daemon options.

Uninstall

You can uninstall the Docker software with yum.

1. List the package you have installed.

   $ yum list installed | grep dockeryum list installed | grep dockerdocker-engine.x86_64 1.7.1-1.el7 @/docker-engine-1.7.1-1.el7.x86_64.rpm 

2. Remove the package.

   $ sudo yum -y remove docker-engine.x86_64 

   This command does not remove images, containers, volumes, or user-createdconfiguration files on your host.

3. To delete all images, containers, and volumes, run the following command:

   $ rm -rf /var/lib/docker 

4. Locate and delete any user-created configuration files.