Install Docker on CentOS 6

Update OS

yum update -y

Upgrade kernel 3.10

Check kernel version

uname -r => 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64

Import ELRepo public keys

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rpm --import https://www.elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org
rpm -Uvh http://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-6-6.el6.elrepo.noarch.rpm

Install kernel

yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-lt
uname -r => 3.10.90-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64

Configure grub

Change the kernel boot order at /etc/grub.conf, change default from 1 to 0 as below,

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default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title CentOS (3.10.90-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-3.10.90-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD console=hvc0  KEYTABLE=us rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_swap SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_root rd_NO_DM rhgb quiet
        initrd /initramfs-3.10.90-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.img
title CentOS (2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD console=hvc0  KEYTABLE=us rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_swap SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_root rd_NO_DM rhgb quiet
        initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64.img
title CentOS (2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD console=hvc0  KEYTABLE=us rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_swap SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_root rd_NO_DM rhgb quiet
        initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64.img

Check kernel configuration as a suitable docker host

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/docker/master/contrib/check-config.sh

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./check-config.sh
warning: /proc/config.gz does not exist, searching other paths for kernel config ...
info: reading kernel config from /boot/config-3.10.90-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64 ...

Generally Necessary:
- cgroup hierarchy: properly mounted [/cgroup]
- CONFIG_NAMESPACES: enabled
- CONFIG_NET_NS: enabled
- CONFIG_PID_NS: enabled
- CONFIG_IPC_NS: enabled
- CONFIG_UTS_NS: enabled
- CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUPS: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED: enabled
- CONFIG_CPUSETS: enabled
- CONFIG_MEMCG: enabled
- CONFIG_MACVLAN: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_VETH: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_BRIDGE: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER: enabled
- CONFIG_NF_NAT_IPV4: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_ADDRTYPE: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_NF_NAT: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_NF_NAT_NEEDED: enabled
- CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE: enabled

Optional Features:
- CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM: enabled
- CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP: enabled
- CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP_ENABLED: missing
    (note that cgroup swap accounting is not enabled in your kernel config, you can enable it by setting boot option "swapaccount=1")
- CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS: enabled
- CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP: enabled
- CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ: enabled
- CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_HUGETLB: missing
- CONFIG_NET_CLS_CGROUP: enabled
- CONFIG_NETPRIO_CGROUP: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_CFS_BANDWIDTH: enabled
- CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED: enabled
- CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED: enabled
- CONFIG_EXT3_FS: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR: enabled
- CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL: enabled
- CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY: enabled
- CONFIG_EXT4_FS: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL: enabled
- CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY: enabled
- Storage Drivers:
  - "aufs":
    - CONFIG_AUFS_FS: missing
  - "btrfs":
    - CONFIG_BTRFS_FS: enabled (as module)
  - "devicemapper":
    - CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM: enabled (as module)
    - CONFIG_DM_THIN_PROVISIONING: enabled (as module)
  - "overlay":
    - CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS: missing
  - "zfs":
    - /dev/zfs: missing
    - zfs command: missing
    - zpool command: missing

Install Docker

Install epel repository

rpm -iUvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

Update packages

yum update -y

Install Docker

yum install docker-io

Start docker daemon

service docker start

Configure docker to start when os boots

chkconfig docker on

Test docker

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docker pull busybox
docker pull centos

docker run -i -t busybox /bin/sh
docker run -i -t centos /bin/bash

Install docker-compose

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curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.4.2/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Test docker-compose from https://docs.docker.com/compose/

Reference

Install Kernel 3.10 on CentOS 6.5
阿里云的Centos 6.5 模板上使用Docker
http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php
kernel-lt
How To Install Docker on CentOS 6