Mr. Editor-in-chief Mr. Editor-in-chief • August 10, 2024 • Updated April 24, 2026

Install Docker and 'docker compose' on Amazon Linux 2023

Install Docker

  • sudo yum update -y
  • sudo yum install -y docker
  • sudo service docker start
  • sudo usermod -a -G docker ec2-user
  • Run docker ps after exit and ssh ec2-user@18.188.188.18

Install Docker Compose

  • DOCKER_CONFIG=${DOCKER_CONFIG:-$HOME/.docker}
  • mkdir -p $DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins
  • curl -SL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.27.0/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 -o $DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  • sudo chmod +x ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  • docker compose version

Reference

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