<h2 id="heading-introduction">Introduction</h2>
<p><em>The Docker Engine can be used running native Docker style container workloads on Rocky Linux servers. This is sometimes preferred to running the full Docker Desktop environment.</em></p>
<h3 id="heading-add-the-docker-repository">Add the docker repository</h3>
<pre><code>sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https:<span class="hljs-comment">//download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo</span>
</code></pre><h3 id="heading-install-the-needed-packages">Install the needed packages</h3>
<pre><code>sudo dnf -y install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin
</code></pre><h3 id="heading-start-and-enable-the-systemd-docker-service-dockerd">Start and enable the systemd docker service (dockerd)</h3>
<pre><code>sudo systemctl --now enable docker
</code></pre><h3 id="heading-notes">Notes</h3>
<pre><code>docker-ce               : This package provides the underlying technology <span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> building and running docker containers (dockerd) 
docker-ce-cli           : Provides the command line interface (CLI) client docker tool (docker)
containerd.io           : Provides the container runtime (runc)
docker-compose-plugin   : A plugin that provides the <span class="hljs-string">'docker compose'</span> subcommand
</code></pre>

## Introduction

_The Docker Engine can be used running native Docker style container workloads on Rocky Linux servers. This is sometimes preferred to running the full Docker Desktop environment._

### Add the docker repository
```
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
```

### Install the needed packages
```
sudo dnf -y install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin
```

### Start and enable the systemd docker service (dockerd)
```
sudo systemctl --now enable docker
```

### Notes
```
docker-ce               : This package provides the underlying technology for building and running docker containers (dockerd) 
docker-ce-cli           : Provides the command line interface (CLI) client docker tool (docker)
containerd.io           : Provides the container runtime (runc)
docker-compose-plugin   : A plugin that provides the 'docker compose' subcommand 
```

Docker install on Rocky-Linux9

Introduction

Add the docker repository

Install the needed packages

Start and enable the systemd docker service (dockerd)

Notes