How do I run Docker on Google Compute Engine?

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Marc Cohen picture Marc Cohen · Dec 6, 2013 · Viewed 18.3k times · Source

What's the procedure for installing and running Docker on Google Compute Engine?

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Marc Cohen picture Marc Cohen · Dec 6, 2013

Until the recent GA release of Compute Engine, running Docker was not supported on GCE (due to kernel restrictions) but with the newly announced ability to deploy and use custom kernels, that restriction is no longer intact and Docker now works great on GCE.

Thanks to proppy, the instructions for running Docker on Google Compute Engine are now documented for you here: http://docs.docker.io/en/master/installation/google/. Enjoy!

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