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Installing docker on Centos8/Rocky Linux8
You can get repository for docker for you OS from below location
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| https://download.docker.com/linux/ |
Configure the Docker Package Repository and install Docker
To install the most recent and stable version of Docker, use the following command to setup its official package repository.
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| # dnf config-manager —add-repo=https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo |
To install Docker, run the following dnf command
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| # dnf install -y docker-ce |
Below is the snippet of docker installation –
Start and activate the Docker Service
After installing Docker, use the systemctl instructions below to start and activate its service.
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| # systemctl restart docker |
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| # systemctl enable docker |
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| # systemctl status docker |
Below is the snippet of docker service restart –

docker restart
To test, run a sample nginx container and check using docker ps
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| # docker run -it -d -p 8080:80 nginx |
Below is the snippet of running nginx docker container

docker run
I hope you now have the knowledge you need to learn more about installing docker and perhaps you can utilize it in a project in the future.
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