Troubleshooting Docker

Installing Docker on Fedora

Docker is supported on Fedora version 22 and 23. The following are the steps to be performed in order to install Docker on Fedora 23. It can be deployed on bare-metal or as a VM.

Checking Linux kernel Version

Docker requires 64-bit installation, regardless of the Fedora version. Also, the kernel version should be at least 3.10. Check the kernel version before going ahead with installation using the following command:

$ uname -r
4.4.7-300.fc23.x86_64
Switch to root user
[os@osboxes ~]# su -
Password:
[root@vkohli ~]#

Installing with DNF

Update the existing DNF package by using the following command:

$ sudo dnf update 

Adding to the YUM repository

Let's add the Docker repository to the YUM repository:

$ sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/docker.repo ...