1. I connect via root ssh through putty
2. Install centos-extras
wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-10.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh epel-release-7-10.noarch.rpm
3. follow the installl using repository guide:
yum install -y yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2
yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
miss out enable edge and test repo's as this is optional
yum install docker-ce (installs fine)
4. Start Docker
systemctl start docker
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: docker.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
-- Subject: Unit docker.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit docker.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: Unit docker.service entered failed state.
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: docker.service failed.
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: docker.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for docker.service
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
-- Subject: Unit docker.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit docker.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: Unit docker.service entered failed state.
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: docker.service failed.
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Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: docker.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
-- Subject: Unit docker.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit docker.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: Unit docker.service entered failed state.
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: docker.service failed.
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: docker.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for docker.service
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
-- Subject: Unit docker.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit docker.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: Unit docker.service entered failed state.
Sep 14 14:25:28 www.myperfectproperty.co.uk systemd[1]: docker.service failed.I found out my kernel was out of date and the hosting provider will not update it boo!