@@ -2,15 +2,35 @@ page_title: Installation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

 page_description: Installation instructions for Docker on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

 page_keywords: Docker, Docker documentation, requirements, linux, rhel, centos

-# Red Hat Enterprise Linux

+# Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

-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.

+**Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7** has [shipped with

+Docker](https://access.redhat.com/site/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/docker-and-containers).

+An overview and some guidance can be found in the [Release

+Notes](https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.0_Release_Notes/chap-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7.0_Release_Notes-Linux_Containers_with_Docker_Format.html).

-Please note that this package is part of [Extra Packages for Enterprise

-Linux (EPEL)](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL), a community effort

-to create and maintain additional packages for the RHEL distribution.

+Docker is located in the *extras* channel. To install Docker:

+

+1. Enable the *extras* channel:

+

+        $ sudo subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-extras-rpms

+

+2. Install Docker:

+

+        $ sudo yum install docker 

+

+Additional installation, configuration, and usage information,

+including a [Get Started with Docker Containers in Red Hat

+Enterprise Linux 7](https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/881893)

+guide, can be found by Red Hat customers on the [Red Hat Customer

+Portal](https://access.redhat.com/).

+

+# Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

+

+Docker is available for **RHEL** on EPEL. Please note that

+this package is part of [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux

+(EPEL)](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL), a community effort to

+create and maintain additional packages for the RHEL distribution.

 Also note that due to the current Docker limitations, Docker is able to

 run only on the **64 bit** architecture.