Install Docker

Docker is available in two editions: Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE).

Docker Community Edition (CE) is ideal for developers and small teams looking to get started with Docker and experimenting with container-based apps. Docker CE has two update channels, stable and edge:

• Stable gives you reliable updates every quarter
• Edge gives you new features every month

For more information about Docker CE, see Docker Community Edition.

Docker Enterprise Edition (EE) is designed for enterprise development and IT teams who build, ship, and run business critical applications in production at scale. For more information about Docker EE, including purchasing options, see Docker Enterprise Edition.

Capabilities	Community Edition	Enterprise Edition Basic	Enterprise Edition Standard	Enterprise Edition Advanced
Container engine and built in orchestration, networking, security
Certified infrastructure, plugins and ISV containers
Image management
Container app management
Image security scanning

Supported platforms

Docker CE and EE are available on multiple platforms, on cloud and on-premises. Use the following tables to choose the best installation path for you.

Desktop

Platform	Docker CE x86_64	Docker CE ARM	Docker EE
Docker for Mac (macOS)
Docker for Windows (Microsoft Windows 10)

Cloud

Platform	Docker CE x86_64	Docker CE ARM	Docker EE
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure

See also Docker Cloud for setup instructions for Digital Ocean, Packet, SoftLayer, or Bring Your Own Cloud.

Server

Platform	Docker CE x86_64	Docker CE ARM	Docker CE ARM64	Docker CE IBM Z (s390x)	Docker EE x86_64	Docker EE IBM Z (s390x)
CentOS
Debian
Fedora
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Oracle Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Ubuntu

Limitations for Docker EE on IBM Power architecture

• Neither UCP managers nor workers are supported on IBM Power.

Time-based release schedule

Starting with Docker 17.03, Docker uses a time-based release schedule, outlined below.

Major new versions of Docker Enterprise Edition are released twice per year.

Month	Docker CE Edge	Docker CE Stable
January
February
March	1
April
May
June	1
July
August
September	1
October
November
December	1

1: On Linux distributions, these releases will only appear in the stable channels, not the edge channels. For that reason, on Linux distributions, you need to enable both channels.

Updates, and patches

• A given Docker EE release will receive patches and updates for at least one year after it is released.
• A given Docker CE Stable release will receive patches and updates for one month after the next Docker CE Stable release.
• A given Docker CE Edge release will not receive any patches or updates after a subsequent Docker CE Edge or Stable release.

Prior releases

Instructions for installing prior releases of Docker can be found in the Docker archives.

Docker Cloud

Docker Cloud has been deprecated. See Docker Hub for any Docker Cloud related content.

Get started

After setting up Docker, try learning the basics over at Getting started with Docker.