docker/docs/sources/installation/openSUSE.md

page_title: Installation on openSUSE page_description: Installation instructions for Docker on openSUSE. page_keywords: openSUSE, virtualbox, docker, documentation, installation

openSUSE

Docker is available in openSUSE 12.3 and later. Please note that due to the current Docker limitations Docker is able to run only on the 64 bit architecture.

Installation

The docker package from the Virtualization project on OBS provides Docker on openSUSE.

To proceed with Docker installation please add the right Virtualization repository.

# openSUSE 12.3
$ sudo zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization/openSUSE_12.3/ Virtualization
$ sudo rpm --import http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization/openSUSE_12.3/repodata/repomd.xml.key

# openSUSE 13.1
$ sudo zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization/openSUSE_13.1/ Virtualization
$ sudo rpm --import http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization/openSUSE_13.1/repodata/repomd.xml.key

Install the Docker package.

$ sudo zypper in docker

It's also possible to install Docker using openSUSE's1-click install. Just visit this page, select your openSUSE version and click on the installation link. This will add the right repository to your system and it will also install the docker package.

Now that it's installed, let's start the Docker daemon.

$ sudo systemctl start docker

If we want Docker to start at boot, we should also:

$ sudo systemctl enable docker

The docker package creates a new group named docker. Users, other than root user, need to be part of this group in order to interact with the Docker daemon. You can add users with:

$ sudo usermod -a -G docker <username>

To verify that everything has worked as expected:

$ sudo docker run --rm -i -t ubuntu /bin/bash

This should download and import the ubuntu image, and then start bash in a container. To exit the container type exit.

Done!

Continue with the User Guide.