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Centos project does not support custom kernels - see #9696

Signed-off-by: Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@docker.com>

Docker-DCO-1.1-Signed-off-by: Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@docker.com> (github: SvenDowideit)

Sven Dowideit authored on 2015/01/06 13:18:36
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     $ sudo yum install docker
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+## Kernel support
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+Currently the CentOS project will only support Docker via the EPEL package when
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+running on kernels shipped by the distribution. There are things like namespace
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+changes which will cause issues if one decides to step outside that box and run
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+non-distro kernel packages.
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 ### Manual installation of latest version
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 While using a package is the recommended way of installing Docker,
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 a RHEL 6 kernel version 2.6.32-431 or higher as this has specific kernel
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 fixes to allow Docker to work.
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+## Kernel support
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+RHEL will only support Docker via the *extras* channel or EPEL package when
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+running on kernels shipped by the distribution. There are things like namespace
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+changes which will cause issues if one decides to step outside that box and run
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+non-distro kernel packages.
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 ## Installation
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 Firstly, you need to install the EPEL repository. Please follow the