Merge pull request #3176 from lsm5/rhel-docs

Rhel docs
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Andy Rothfusz
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:title: Requirements and Installation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS
:title: Requirements and Installation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
:description: Please note this project is currently under heavy development. It should not be used in production.
:keywords: Docker, Docker documentation, requirements, linux, rhel, centos
.. _rhel:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS
=================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
========================
.. include:: install_header.inc
.. include:: install_unofficial.inc
Docker is available for **RHEL/CentOS 6**.
Docker is available for **RHEL** on EPEL. These instructions should work for
both RHEL and CentOS. They will likely work for other binary compatible EL6
distributions as well, but they haven't been tested.
Please note that this package is part of a `Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL)`_, a community effort to create and maintain additional packages for RHEL distribution.
Please note that this package is part of `Extra Packages for Enterprise
Linux (EPEL)`_, a community effort to create and maintain additional packages
for the RHEL distribution.
Please note that due to the current Docker limitations Docker is able to run only on the **64 bit** architecture.
Also note that due to the current Docker limitations, Docker is able to run
only on the **64 bit** architecture.
Installation
------------
1. Firstly, let's make sure our RHEL host is up-to-date.
1. Firstly, you need to install the EPEL repository. Please follow the `EPEL installation instructions`_.
.. code-block:: bash
sudo yum -y upgrade
2. Next you need to install the EPEL repository. Please follow the `EPEL installation instructions`_.
3. Next let's install the ``docker-io`` package which will install Docker on our host.
2. Next, let's install the ``docker-io`` package which will install Docker on our host.
.. code-block:: bash
sudo yum -y install docker-io
4. Now it's installed lets start the Docker daemon.
To keep docker up to date:
.. code-block:: bash
sudo yum -y update docker-io
3. Now that it's installed, lets start the Docker daemon.
.. code-block:: bash
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sudo chkconfig docker on
5. Now let's verify that Docker is working.
4. Now let's verify that Docker is working.
.. code-block:: bash
sudo docker run -i -t ubuntu /bin/bash
sudo docker run -i -t mattdm/fedora /bin/bash
**Done!**, now continue with the :ref:`hello_world` example.