New Apt and Yum Repos

Today, we are super excited to announce that we have created and deployed new apt and yum repos for

Today, we are super excited to announce that we have created and deployed new apt and yum repos for installing Docker. No longer will you , a super confusing name considering we no longer use lxc as the default backend for Docker out of the box. Let’s take a deep dive into the awesomeness that is the new repos. The old Docker deb installed a fully static Docker binary. This was the simplest way to make Docker installable on a variety of different OS versions without having to deal with dependencies. For those who use Devicemapper as a storage driver, this will allow udev sync to work properly. Well now everyone gets a dynamic binary! We urge everyone to update their apt sources to the new format. We will NOT be pushing new versions to the old apt repository.

We decided not to support two distinct apt repositories forever, hopefully you can understand this decision. Docker 1.7.1 is already available on the new apt repository, which will ensure a seamless migration. After your source file is updated run the following: Now you are all set. When you run in the future it will hit the new apt repo. A huge pain point for people using CentOS, Fedora, or RHEL was having to install the package for docker that is maintained by the distribution itself. Not that there was anything wrong with those packages, but now you can rest assured you will get the latest, greatest Docker installed on your host from our yum repository. You can easily add our yum repository and install the new docker-engine package by running: OR if you would like to add it yourself find the url for your specific OS version below and run the following script: CentOS 6 & RHEL 6: https://yum.dockerproject.org/repo/main/centos/6 CentOS 7 & RHEL 7: https://yum.dockerproject.org/repo/main/centos/7 Fedora 20: https://yum.dockerproject.org/repo/main/fedora/20 Fedora 21: https://yum.dockerproject.org/repo/main/fedora/21 Fedora 22: https://yum.dockerproject.org/repo/main/fedora/22 The new repos have versions for all different Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, and Oracle Linux distros. You’re probably thinking: ‘that is a lot of debs and rpms to maintain’. It is, but we made it as simple as possible by using Docker to build them. Each rpm and deb is built inside a Docker container that’s base is the specific distro version. It’s super convenient and a great way to also always be testing Docker. If you are interested in the actual code used for this, check out: •

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