How to install Docker CE (Community Edition) on CentOS with YUM tool?

You can follow this tutorial to install Docker CE on CentOS with YUM tool.

1. Verify OS, Kernel and Architecture:

fyicenter$ hostnamectl
  Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
            Kernel: Linux 3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64
      Architecture: x86-64

2. Add Docker repository to YUM tool.

fyicenter$ sudo yum-config-manager \
  --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo

3. Install the latest version of docker-ce, docker-ce-cli, and containerd.io.

fyicenter$ sudo yum install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io 

Installing:
 containerd.io               1.4.9-3.1.el7             docker-ce-stable
 docker-ce                   3:20.10.8-3.el7           docker-ce-stable
 docker-ce-cli               1:20.10.8-3.el7           docker-ce-stable
Installing for dependencies:
 container-selinux           2:2.119.2-1.911c772.el7_8 extras          
 docker-ce-rootless-extras   20.10.8-3.el7             docker-ce-stable
 fuse-overlayfs              0.7.2-6.el7_8             extras          
 fuse3-libs                  3.6.1-4.el7               extras          
 slirp4netns                 0.4.3-4.el7_8             extras          
Updating for dependencies:
 libselinux                  2.5-15.el7                base            
 libselinux-devel            2.5-15.el7                base            
 libselinux-python           2.5-15.el7                base            
 libselinux-utils            2.5-15.el7                base            
 libsemanage                 2.5-14.el7                base            
 libsemanage-python          2.5-14.el7                base            
 libsepol                    2.5-10.el7                base            
 libsepol-devel              2.5-10.el7                base            
 policycoreutils             2.5-34.el7                base            
 policycoreutils-python      2.5-34.el7                base            
 selinux-policy              3.13.1-268.el7            base            
 selinux-policy-targeted     3.13.1-268.el7            base            
 setools-libs                3.3.8-4.el7               base            

4. Check the package versions:

fyicenter$ docker --version 
  Docker version 20.10.8-3.el7, build d7080c1

fyicenter$ dockerd --version 
  Docker version 20.10.8-3.el7, build d7080c1

fyicenter$ docker-containerd --version 
  containerd github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.9 ...

5. Possible installation issues are:

fyicenter$ sudo yum install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io 

...
Error: Package: 3:docker-ce-20.10.7-3.el7.x86_64 (docker-ce-stable)
           Requires: container-selinux >= 2:2.74
Error: Package: docker-ce-rootless-extras-20.10.7-3.el7.x86_64 (docker-ce-stable)
           Requires: slirp4netns >= 0.4

6. Make sure "base" and "extras" repository is added and enabled.

fyicenter$ more /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo

  [base]
  enabled = 0 
  ...

  #additional packages that may be useful
  [extras]
  enabled = 0
  ...

fyicenter$ sudo yum-config-manager --enable base
fyicenter$ sudo yum-config-manager --enable extras

fyicenter$ sudo yum repolist 
  base/7/x86_64                CentOS-7 - Base     
  extras/7/x86_64              CentOS-7 - Extras               
  docker-ce-stable/7/x86_64    Docker CE Stable - x86_64 

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