# Can Docker run on a zLinux?

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/can-docker-run-on-a-zlinux/554>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 26, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/can-docker-run-on-a-zlinux/554 "2014-12-26T16:39:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![francisconp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/francisconp/32/303_2.png) [@francisconp](https://forums.docker.com/u/francisconp)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/can-docker-run-on-a-zlinux/554/1 "2014-12-26T16:39:00Z")

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Someone tried to compile that for this platform? zLinux!

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**Author:** ![svendowideit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/svendowideit/32/119_2.png) [@svendowideit](https://forums.docker.com/u/svendowideit)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/can-docker-run-on-a-zlinux/554/2 "2014-12-30T06:03:37Z")

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There’s an IBM team working on Power and Z support - for eg [https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/9715](https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/9715)

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**Author:** ![jamesspo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a5b964/32.png) [@jamesspo](https://forums.docker.com/u/jamesspo)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/can-docker-run-on-a-zlinux/554/3 "2015-05-12T16:39:02Z")

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In case you hadn’t already found it, pre-built Docker binaries for the Z architecture for RHEL7 and SLES12 are available as well.

[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/docker.html](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/docker.html)