Example: Manual install on cloud provider (Engine)

Example: Manual install on cloud provider

You can install Docker Engine directly to servers you have on cloud providers. This example shows how to create an Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 instance, and install Docker Engine on it.

You can use this same general approach to create Dockerized hosts on other cloud providers.

Step 1. Sign up for AWS

  1. If you are not already an AWS user, sign up for AWS to create an account and get root access to EC2 cloud computers. If you have an Amazon account, you can use it as your root user account.

  2. Create an IAM (Identity and Access Management) administ