Installation on Debian (Engine)

Debian

Docker is supported on the following versions of Debian:

• Debian testing stretch (64-bit)
• Debian 8.0 Jessie (64-bit)
• Debian 7.7 Wheezy (64-bit)

Note: If you previously installed Docker using APT, make sure you update your APT sources to the new APT repository.

Prerequisites

Docker requires a 64-bit installation regardless of your Debian version. Additionally, your kernel must be 3.10 at minimum. The latest 3.10 minor version or a newer maintained version are also acceptable.

Kernels older than 3.10 lack some of the features required to run Docker containers. These older versions are known to have bugs which cause data loss and frequ