Is the docker package available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Issue

  • I can't find the docker package in RHEL 8 and 9
  • The docker package is not available from the Red Hat repositories

Resolution

  • The docker package is not shipped or supported by Red Hat for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 and (RHEL) 9. The docker container engine is replaced by a suite of tools in the Container Tools module.

  • The podman container engine replaced docker as the preferred, maintained, and supported container runtime of choice for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 systems. Podman provides a docker compatible command line experience enabling users to find, run, build, and share containers. Podman uses Buildah and Skopeo as libraries for the build and push.

  • The buildah utility replaced docker build as the preferred, maintained, and supported container images build tool in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 systems.

  • The skopeo utility replaced docker push as the preferred, maintained and supported utility for moving container images between registries, and container engines.

  • For an overview of all of these tools for RHEL 8 please see: Building, running and managing containers - Chapter 1. Starting with containers

  • Follow up required for the same in RHEL 9 is : Building, running and managing containers - Chapter 1. Starting with containers

Root Cause

  • The docker package has been replaced by the container-tools module

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KB Community Member 81 points
21 May 2019 1:59 PM

It looks like the links in this article are now broken.

JH Red Hat Active Contributor 340 points
21 May 2019 2:05 PM

Sorry about that, Kurt. I've updated the links to the GA docs, note that the container command line reference moved from chapter 8 from the beta docs to chapter 7 in the GA docs.

KB Community Member 81 points
21 May 2019 2:47 PM

Thank you!

RF Red Hat Newbie 17 points
26 June 2019 4:04 AM

Is it safe to say buildah replaced docker compose?

DO Red Hat Expert 1009 points
2 August 2019 9:46 PM

Buildah is used for building container images. It has the ability to consume existing Dockerfiles, but it also allows for extending/scripting the image building process. Check out the following pages for a good introduction to the tool:

https://www.projectatomic.io/blog/2017/06/introducing-buildah/ https://github.com/containers/buildah/blob/master/docs/tutorials/01-intro.md