Installing Docker with the Compose v2 plugin does not follow the recommended paths outlined on the Docker website. Specifically, it suggests that you add either the CentOS or Fedora repo and then run sudo dnf install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin, stating that sudo dnf install docker is the obsolete way of doing it (“ce” stands for community edition and “ee” stands for enterprise edition). Unfortunately, that does not work. Another thing to note is that Amazon’s repo uses a more stable version of Docker rather than the most current one. While this is typically a good thing, you may be missing out on a security patch you need.
Here is a script that I use for reference:
#ensure all the installed packages on our system are up to date
sudo dnf update
#use the default Amazon repository to download and install the Docker
sudo dnf install docker
#start Docker
sudo systemctl start docker
#start automatically with system boot
sudo systemctl enable docker
#confirm the service is running
sudo systemctl status docker
#add our current user to the Docker group
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
#apply the changes we have done to Docker Group
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#create plugin directory for all users
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins
#download current version of docker compose plugin
sudo curl -SL "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-linux-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
#make plugin executable
sudo chmod +x /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
# restart docker service
sudo systemctl restart docker
#verify docker compose works
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Note: Because the docker compose plugin was manually installed, it will not be updated with future yum/df updates. You will need to repeat the download and permission process to update it.If you have a better way of doing this, I’d love to hear your feedback!
Chris Tierney 